Tropical Planting
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Experts
Ambitious Plans in NG
ALTHOUGH no announcement has been made outlining the policy that is be ing followed in relation to agricul ture in Papua-New Guinea, there are in dications that the new Administrator (Colonel H. K. Murray) is planning big things in this direction. This is not sur prising—Colonel Murray’s great reputation was established as an expert in tropical agriculture in Queensland, where for so long he was a Professor of Agriculture within the University of Queensland.
It is noted that applications recently have been called in Australia for the fol lowing positions:— Chief of the Division of Agricultural Extension, with a commencing salary of £852. This appointee must have ability to plan and to organise the activities of district agricultural stations.
Also in this Division (Agricultural Ex tension) are the positions of District Ag ricultural Officers Grades 1 and 2—for both of which applications are being in vited. It is noted that the Grade 2 man must have “ability to plan and to con duct a district agricultural station whose object is agricultural extension among natives.”
Chief of the Division of Animal Indus try. This position has a salary of £852 and the man appointed must have “ex perience in animal husbandry, live-stock breeding and pasture management, and ability to plan and organise the activities of animal health and livestock breeding stations.”
In this Division, applications are being sought for the positions of Veterinary Officers, Grades 1 and 3, and Animal Hus bandry Officers, Grades 1 and 3.
In the Division of Agricultural Experi ment Stations, applications are sought for a Tobacco Specialist, whose salary will start at £7BO, who must have wide experi ence in all phases of the culture, curing, packing and preparation for market of tobacco, particularly under tropical con ditions; and an assistant agronomist, whose commencing salary is £516, and who will be posted to an Experiment Station where he will assist the Agronomist in charge. (An agronomist deals with the theory and practice of crop production.) In the Division of Production and Mar keting, applications are called for a Native Project Manager (Coffee), with a com mencing salary of £426. He must have experience in coffee planting and factory management, experience in dealing with native peoples, and ability to organise and direct them in agricultural projects, plus a knowledge of simple book-keeping—quite a lot, incidentally, to ask for £426 per annum.