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THE twenty-fifth report of the Development Commissioners for the year ending March 1935 has now been published (London: H.M. Stationery Office. 25. 6d. net). The function of the Commissioners is to make a thorough examination of applications for grants from the fund, amending or vetoing the schemes submitted if necessary, and afterwards to recommend to the Treasury what advances shall be made. The majority of the schemes aided call for recurrent expenditure, and as advances are made annually the progress of the work is kept under continuous review. Agriculture and rural economy comprise the main bulk of the expenditure, as under this heading come the regular grants to research institutes, advisory centres and rural industries, as well as the special grants, research scholarships and studentships. A short account of each institute is given, describing the type of work undertaken and the number of staff employed. Under the fisheries section, grants are made towards both ‘directed’ and ‘free’ research, as it is recognised that much useful information would be lost if only specified lines of research were encouraged. The Development Fund also makes regular advances towards the construction and improvement of harbours and the acquisition of land for road improvements. The total sum recommended in 1934-35 was £490,968, compared with £343,636 in the preceding year, and the report concludes with a detailed summarised schedule of the expenditure.
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The Development Fund. Nature 137, 979–980 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137979c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137979c0