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Semi-official Work.
The tanks of 84 ships were tested for inflammable vapour with the Clowes Redwood Lamp. The majority of the other work under this head was for the Naval or Military Authorities. An interesting investigation was started and is still being carried on, in connection with the corrosion of Recuperator & Buffer systems of guns.
Unofficial Work.
Although the actual number of samples of work under this head is only about of the total number submitted to the Laboratory, unofficial work represents more than half the total work done here. During the summer, owing to one of the outside consulting laboratories practically ceasing to function, many more samples under this head were submitted, so much so, that had the amount increased any further, delay would have occurred in reporting results. Otherwise the normal duties, i.e. Government work, would have been interfered with. There is no doubt that if this Laboratory dealt with the 3,000 Food & Drug Samples under the Ordinance and was made use of to the full extent for testing Government materials, the staff here would be fully occupied with this and semi-official work alone, and unless the staff were increased, unofficial work done in competition with the two outside consulting laboratories would have to be eliminated.
Wolfram ore and refined tin accounted for the increase in numbers of analyses under the heading of minerals and metals. The actual amount of tin sampled and analysed here was 5,363 tons, the value of which was about £1,130,000 sterling.
A large increase in the number of lard samples analysed was shown during the year, the number being 85 against 22 for 1932. The actual amount of lard this represents is about 1,420 tons, all of which was for export, mainly to England.
Sampling.
The following list gives the amount of sampling done by the Sampler attached to the Laboratory.
Tin 5,363 tons. Coal 1,444 tons. Wolfram Ore 448 bags. Wood Oil 1,384 tons. Teaseed Oil 114 tons. Lard 43,069 cases. Cassia Oil 50 drums. Anise Oil 21 drums. Soy 10 casks. Firecrackers 10 cases. Nitric Acid 310 cases. Chlorate of Potash 181 casks. Sodium Nitrate 200 casks. Water Samples 1,262 samples.M 193
Semi-official Work.
The tanks of 84 ships were tested for inflammable vapour with the Clowes Redwood Lamp. The majority of the other work under this head was for the Naval or Military Authorities. An interesting investigation was started and is still being carried on, in connection with the corrosion of Recuperator & Buffer systems of guns.
Unofficial Work.
Although the actual number of samples of work under this head is only about of the total number submitted to the Labora- tory, unofficial work represents more than half the total work done here. During the summer, owing to one of the outside consulting laboratories practically ceasing to function, many more samples under this head were submitted, so much so, that had the amount increased any further, delay would have occurred in reporting results. Otherwise the normal duties, i.e. Government work, would have been interfered with. There is no doubt that if this Laboratory dealt with the 3,000 Food & Drug Samples under the Ordinance and was made use of to the full extent for testing Government materials, the staff here would be fully occupied with this and semi-official work alone, and unless the staff were increased, unofficial work done in competition with the two outside consulting laboratories would have to be eliminated.
Wolfram ore and refined tin accounted for the increase in numbers of analyses under the heading of minerals and metals. The actual amount of tin sampled and analysed here was 5,363 tons, the value of which was about £1,130,000 sterling.
A large increase in the number of lard samples analysed was shewn during the year, the number being 85 against 22 for 1932. The actual amount of lard this represents is about 1,420 tons, all of which was for export, mainly to England.
Sampling.
The following list gives the amount of sampling done by the Sampler attached to the Laboratory.
Tin
5,363 tons.
Coal
Wolfram Ore
Wood Oil
Teaseed Oil
Lard
Cassia Oil
Anise Oil
Soy Firecrackers Nitric Acid
Chlorate of Potash Sodium Nitrate Water Samples
1,444 tons.
448 bags. 1,384 tons.
114 tons. 43,069 cases.
50 drums. 21 drums.
10 casks.
10 cases.
310 cases.
181 casks. 200 casks. 1,262 samples.
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