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Appendix C.
GOVERNMENT LABORATORY.
Report of work done during the year 1935
by
Mr. A. Jackson--Acting Government Analyst.
1. The work of the Laboratory can be divided into three main classes.
(1) Official Work, i.e. work for other Government Departments and for which the Laboratory primarily exists.
(2) Semi-official Work, i.e. work done by the Laboratory by virtue of it being a Government Department, e.g. work from the Naval & Military Authorities etc. Fees are charged for this work. In the case of the Naval & Military Authorities the work is charged at half rate only.
(3) Unofficial Work, i.e. work done by the Laboratory for outside firms in competition with private consulting analysts and for which full fees are charged.
2. The total number of analyses dealt with under all these heads for the year 1935 was 3,931 against 3,728 for 1934.
3. The following tables show the nature of the work under the three heads.
Official Work.
1934 1935 Chemico-Legal Samples, from the Police & Medical Departments 171 330 Food & Drug Samples under the Ordinance from the Sanitary Department 139 288 Water Samples, from Public Supplies 2,014 1,953 Dangerous Goods under the Ordinance from the Police Department & Fire Brigade Bio-chemical Examinations, from the Medical Department & University 10 25 166 132