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STAFF. The following is a list of the administrative and professional officers of the Department as at 31st March, 1939 :— Head Office, Wellington. Secretary : E. Marsden, C.8.E., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z. Assistant Secretary : F. J. A. Brogan, M.Sc., A.I.G. Fruit Research Officer : L. W. Tiller, B.Sc. Chief Clerk and Accountant: R. D. McGillivray, A.R.A.N.Z. Assistant Professional Officer: M. McG. Cooper, B.Agr.Sc., B.Litt.,Dip.Rur.Econ. Physicist: E. R. Cooper, M.Sc., Ph.D. Wool Metrologist: P. R. McMahon, Ph.D., M.Agr.Sc.* New Zealand House, London. Scientific Liaison Officer : N. L. Wright, F.1.C., D.I.C. Assistant Scientific Liaison Officer : W. M. Hamilton, M.Agr.Sc., Dip.Hort. Plant Research Bureau. (Headquarters : Wellington.) Chief Executive Officer : F. R. Callaghan, M.A., F.R.E.S. Plant Diseases Division (Auckland). Director : G. H. Cunningham, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z. Chief Mycologist: J. 0. C. Neill, B.Sc., A.O.S.M. Plant Pathologist: J. G. Gibbs, M.Agr.Sc., Ph.D. Agricultural Bacteriologist: W. D. Reid, B.Sc. Entomologist: W. Cottier, M.Sc. Assistant Entomologist: D. Spiller, B.Sc. Mycologist: E. E. Chamberlain, M.Sc. Assistant Mycologists— R. R. M. Brien, Dip.Agr. (Lincoln). G. G. Taylor, M.Agr.Sc. G. T. S. Bayliss, Ph.D., M.Sc., D.I.C. K. M. Harrow, M.Agr.Sc. Plant Physiologist: J. D. Atkinson, M.Agr.Sc. Pomologist: C. E. Woodhead. Assistant Pomologist: H. M. Mouatt, B.Sc. Grasslands Division (Palmerston North). Director : E. B. Levy, B.Sc. Agrostologists — E. A. Madden, H.D.A. L. W. Gorman, M.Agr.Sc., C.A.C.Dip. Plant Breeder : L. Corkill, B.Sc., M.Agr.Sc. Assistant Plant Breeder : H. F. Rhodes-Robinson, B.Sc. Assistant Agrostologists— J. P. Lambert, B.Agr.Sc. (stationed at Lincoln). J. Wishart, B.Agr.Sc. G. S. Harris, B.Sc. P. D. Sears, B.Com. R. E. Rose, B.Agr.Sc. F. B. Sill, B.Agr.Sc. W. G. Thurston, B.Agr.Sc. F. E. T. Suckling. Entomology Division (Nelson). Director: D. Miller, M.A., Ph.D., F.E.S., F.R.S.N.Z. Associate Director-: J. Muggeridge, B.Sc. Assistant Entomologists — L. J. Dumbleton, B.For.Sc. B. B. Given, B.Sc. Miss A. Hamilton, M.Sc. R. D. Dick, M.Sc.

* Seconded to Massey Agricultural College, Palmereton North.

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