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present number of vacant posts, and the probable requirements in five years' time. We of the opinion that no reliable estimate of requirements can be obtained for any longer period ahead. SURVEY CONDUCTED To obtain this information a questionnaire was circulated to present and likely future employers of scientists. Research associations, Government Departments, and firms likely to employ scientists in the following groups, together with various others, were approached:— Adhesives. Government Departments—continued. Aerated waters and cordials. Printing and Stationery. Aircraft-manufacture. Railways. Bacon-curing. Scientific and Industrial Research. Battery-manufacture. Standards Institute. Biscuits and confectionery. State Advances. Bituminous products. State Forests. Breweries. State Hydro-electric. Building-materials. Transport. Cawthron Institute. Valuation.' Cement-manufacture. Hosiery-mills. Chemical-manufacture. Ice-cream manufacture. Compressed-yeast manufacture. Insecticide-manufacture. Concrete products. Ink-manufacture. Consulting chemists. Lime processing. Cosmetics and toilet preparations. Linseed-oil manufacture. Dairy products. Local bodies. Disinfectants. Margarine-manufacture.. Electroplaters. Mining. Essences, &c., manufacture. Miscellaneous chemical products. Fertilizer-manufacture. Motor-vehicle assembly. Foodstuffs-manufacture. Museums. Freezing-works. New Zealand Dairy Board. Fruit and vegetable canning. New Zealand Wool Board. Gas-production. Oil companies. Gelatine-manufacture. Oil-refineries. Glass-manufacture. Paint-manufacture. Government Departments— Paper and pulp manufacture. Air. Pharmaceutical products. Agriculture. Pickle, sauce, and jam manufacture. Army. Plastics-manufacture. Broadcasting. Plywood-manufacture. Education. Pottery and ceramics. Health. Private secondary schools. Housing. Radio-manufacture. Industries and Commerce. Research associations. Internal Affairs. Rope-manufacture. Internal Marketing. Rubber manufacture. Lands and Survey. Scientific-instrument manufacture. Marine. Soap-manufacture. Mental Hospitals. Stock foods and sheep-dips. Milk Marketing. Sugar-refining. Ministry of Works. Tanneries. National Film Unit. Tobacco-manufacture. Navy. Timber-treatments. Patents Office. University of New Zealand. Police. Wallboard-manufacture. Post and Telegraph Woollen and knitting mills. The coverage of the survey was approximately 85 to 90 per cent, of the whole field. We consider that the number of scientists engaged by organizations not replying to the questionnaire would not exceed twenty-five.

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