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Gray, Dr. T. G., Director-General, Mental Hospitals Department: To visit England for the purpose of selecting medical officers for duty in New Zealand. Jerram, J. H., General Manager, State Fire Insurance Department, Wellington : To proceed to London via Canada and United States of America re insurance matters. Park, A. D., Secretary, Treasury Department: To visit Australia in connection with the Companies (Special Investigation) Act, 1934. Watt, Dr. M. H., Director-General, Health Department: To visit Samoa and Fiji in connection with medical and nursing services. Conferences. Conferences of officers as set out below were field during the year : —• Department. Nature of Conference. Agriculture .. Fields Superintendents : To discuss general matters relating to the Fields Division. Veterinarians : To discuss general matters relating to veterinary service of the Department. Education .. Senior Inspectors of Schools :To discuss departmental matters. Health .. . . Medical Officers of Health, together with representatives of the Education and Native Departments : To discuss the welfare of the Maori. Lands and Survey Commissioners of Crown Lands : To discuss position of Crown tenants and mortgagors engaged in dairying, and to determine a uniform policy for dealing with their problems. Public Trust .. Regional Conference of Co-operative Rural Credit Associations operating in the districts north of Auckland. District Supervisors : Matters of policy and procedure relative to the operations of the Rural Intermediate Credit scheme. District Public Trustees and senior officers at Head Office : Extension of delegated powers to District Public Trustees. Departmental Officers on Loan with other Administrations. The following officers of the New Zealand Public Service are on duty with the Administrations named : —

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Administration. ' Name. Department from which loaned. High Commissioner's Office (in- Wright, W. . . . . j Agriculture. eluding officers on duty in Taylor, F. H. .'. „ England but not attached to Were, G. V. .. „ High Commissioner's Office) Rutherford, J. P. . . 1 Audit. McLachlan, A. P. . . j „ Lawrence, F. W. .. Customs. Mitchell, T Lishman, G. D. . . . . Industries and Commerce, Tourist, and Publicity. Mitchinson, Miss E. .. Internal Affairs. Jervis, D. M. .. „ Sandford, F. T. .. . . Labour. Wright, N. L. .. .. j Scientific and Industrial Research. Mackay, A. R. F. .. | Treasury. Barker, D. W. A. .. ■ ,, Samoa (including officers on duty Peddie, J. J. G. . . j Agriculture. in Samoa but not attached to Gair, C. J. M. .. .. j Audit. Administration) Nicol, R. S. .. .. „ Roberts, W. H Boyd, G. B. . . .. Customs. McKay, C. G. R. .. External Affairs. Quin, C. E. H Turnbull, A. C. .. .. Internal Affairs. Norrie, J. A. . . ,, White, A. R. . . . . Lands and Survey. Bridle, A. C. . . ,, Gratton, F. J. H. .. Public Trust. Sapsford, H. B. . . , . Public Works. Wadsworth, J. .. . Scientific and Industrial Research. Crowther, W. J. . . Treasury. Cook Islands .. .. Nottage, I. L. . . .. Agriculture. Wright, J. B. .. .. Cook Islands. Cook, L. M. McMahon-Box, J. P. . . Customs. Bell, M. Y. .. .. Native. Luckham, A. A. . . j Prisons. Secretariat to League of Nations Chapman, J. H.. . .. Customs. Fiji .. .. .. Lindsay, Miss G. .. Internal Affairs.