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CLIMATOLOGY The climatological station set up at Palmerston North and the rain-gauges at Te Awa are attended to daily, and records are forwarded to the Meteorological Section of the Air Department. GENERAL Numerous visitors from both New Zealand and overseas have inspected the research areas, where they displayed keen interest in the work. Twenty-two papers dealing with grassland research have been read, published, or submitted for publication during the year. INFORMATION BUREAU Officer in Charge: Mr. N. A. Marris PUBLICATIONS Journal of Science and Technology.—The number of papers being received for publication still continues to increase. Unfortunately, the Journal is still in arrears, and it is now not anticipated that it will be up to date until 1951. Bulletins.—ln the Department's Bulletin Series, No. 96—" Rhythms of Nematode Parasitism of Sheep," by J. H. Tetley—was issued during the year, while the following manuscripts are in the process of being printed: " The Introduced Mammals of New Zealand," by K. A. Wodzicki; " Poisonous Plants in New Zealand," by H. E. Connor; and 11 Catalogue of the Diptera of the New Zealand Sub-region," by D. Miller. The maps for the proposed bulletin on " Soil of Whangarei County" are being printed. The following Geological Bulletins are also in course of being printed: " The Greymouth Coalfield," by M. Gage; " Limestone Resources of Southland," by R. Willett; " Geology between Bruce Bay and Haast River," by H. Wellman; and (as a Palseontological Bulletin) "Lower Pliocene Mollusca," by C. R. Laws. The Department is also publishing a series of bulletins dealing with the research work carried out at the Auckland and Campbell Islands in the years 1941 to 1945. The numbers of the series printed during the past year were " New Sub-Antarctic Collembola," by J. T. Salmon; and " The Royal Albatross," by J. H. Sorensen, while others are in the process of being printed. In the series of Information Bulletins, No. 2, " Tomato Diseases and Pests," and No. 3, " Wheat Diseases and Insect Pests," were published. The Industrial Bulletin, which is published jointly with the Department of Industries and Commerce, was continued, contributions also being received from the Department of Health, the Department of Labour and Employment, and the New Zealand Standards Institute. Miscellaneous Publications. —Other publications issued by the Bureau were the first two numbers of the Grasslands Bulletin series, and Nos. 110 and 111 of the Seismological Bulletins. The Bureau also assisted with the publication of the two-monthly Panint Review, the Agronomy Review, and the Agronomy Division's Guide.

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