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of this office are divided out amongst the Colonies making use

of the services in proportion to the amount of tax collected.

F. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

440 A pleasing feature of the opening of the Department

was the fact that, almost without exception, those members

of the staff of the former War Taxation Department who were

still in the service of Government applied for a transfer to

the new Department. In almost every case it was found possible

to effect a transfer and I am most grateful to heads of other

Departments for their co-operation in releasing these officers,

often at great inconvenience to themselves. The presence of

experienced officers in the Department has been invaluable

and has greatly eased the task of setting up a new and elaborate

organisation.

45. It gives me great pleasure also to acknowledge the

hard work put in by all members of the staff, of all grades,

during the year under review. During the early months in

particular, a mass of monotonous clerical work had to be got

through; when that was completed and assessment commenced the

pressure of work on the staff became even greater owing to the

need for settling, at the outset, innumerable questions which,

once settled, were then settled for all future years. That,

instead of the chaos which might so easily have arisen, the

results recorded in this Report were achieved is a great tribute

to the dependability and hard work of all members of the staff,

of whatever grade.

46. Finally, I must acknowledge my indebtedness to tax-

payers in general, and to their representatives, for the co-

operation and assistance which I have received. That the

department has established satisfactory public relations is

due in no small measure to the willingness of the public to