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(1) To investigate systematically the chemical industries 



of the country and to inquire into the connection 

 of these industries with each other, and with those 

 closely allied, such as the textile industries ; 



(2) to inquire into the sources of raw material required 



by these industries ; 



(3) to ensure that such sources shall not be monopolised 



by foreign manufacturers, and that the chemical 

 products essential to our great industries shall be 

 manufactured in sufficient quantity in this country ; 



(4) to provide what may be termed national researches 



in connection with such raw materials and industries ; 



(5) to inquire into the means of promoting the manu- 



facture of (a) fine chemicals for the purposes of 

 teaching and research ; (b) glass for optical and 

 other purposes ; and to consider the question of 

 the wider use of duty-free alcohol and allied solvents 

 in chemical industry ; 



(6) generally to advise the Government on the most 



feasible means of making the Empire chemically 

 self-supporting. 



As a result of these memorials, on May 6 the Presidents of 

 the Boards of Trade and of Education along with other members 

 of the Government received a joint deputation of the Societies, 

 comprising amongst other prominent members the Presidents 

 of both Societies, the Society of Chemical Industry, the Society 

 of Public Analysts, and the Institute of Chemistry. 



Weighty and telling arguments in support of the memorials 

 were advanced by individual members of the deputation. 

 Prof. Perkin urged that in order to procure an adequate 

 supply of research chemists, generous grants should be pro- 

 vided by the Government in aid of Chemical Departments of 

 universities, especially of those universities that are willing 

 to specialise in training chemists for an industrial career, and 

 that closer co-operation between manufacturers and universities 

 must be attained. Sir William Tilden went to the root-evil 

 of the position, in pointing out the ignorance of the public in 

 regard to the work of scientific chemists arising from the lack 

 of organisation. 



In those professions which have been efficiently organised, 



