21 LICENSED PRIVATE WAREHOUSES 33. At the end of the vear 1954. there were in existence 54 licensed private warehouses. an increase of 1 as compared with the figure for the previous year. PIONEER INDUSTRIES 34. During the vear 195+. 2 additional industries were declared to be pioneer industries, These include the Canning of Fish and fish products and the manufacture of oxygen, hydrogen, gaseous compounds of carbon, acetylene and other gases. The total number of industries declared under the pioneer Industries (encourage- ment) Act, 1951 at the end of the year 1954 was 15. Two new manufacturers were declared to be pioneer manufacturers. The total number of pioneer manufacturers at the ond of the vear L954 was Th. MERCHANT SHIPPING 35. (i) The Comptroller of Customs performs certain duties and responsibilities under the Merchant Shipping Act. IS9-+4-. (ii) During the year 1954, 2 vessels were registered locally. (iii) At the end of the vcar there were on the register 25 vessels of which 9 of a total net tonnage of 837 tons were sailing vessels and 16 of a total net tonnage of 2.119 tons were steam or motor driven. PERSONNEL 36. The approved establishment for the department was 98 incluidng 48 Officers, | Secretary. 1 Female Searcher, 26 Guards, 14 Porters and in addition 6 Temporary Clerks and 2 Messengers. 37. Promotions of various members of the staff included the following :— Mr. C. D. Evelwn, Supervisor to Comptroller. Mr. C. E. King. Supervisor to Assistant Comptroller. Messrs. V. B. A. Fields and G. A. Ashby. Assistant Supervisors to Supervisors. Messrs. H. §. Eastmond. P. N. Green and L. C. Donovan, Long Grade Clerks to Assistant Super- visors. Messrs N. W. Marshall and G. L. Austin, Temporary Clerks to Long Grade Clerks. 38. Mr. G. F. Barker was still on secondment to the Public Works Department. 39. Messrs. RB. W. B. Belt, Comptroller of Customs and H. 8. Sainsbury, Assistant Comptroller of Customs retired from the Service on 29th October. 1954 and 24th December, 1954 respectively. Messrs. S. Watts, Porter and W. St.C. Browne. Messenger. also retired on 23rd October, 1954 and 4th November, 1954 respectively. 40. ‘The Staff performed their duties willingly and on the whole efficiently and I desire to record my appreciation of their co-operation. I also wish to place on record my appreciation of the assistance and co-operation given by the Com- missioner of Police and his Officers in the detection of offences and the prosecution of offenders against the Customs and Excise Laws. C. D. EVELYN, Comptroller of Customs.