prii;sidkn't'.s address. 3 



Supplementary. 



a. Resolution 3 of 21st August, 1919, reads as follows: — 



"That the hranchas of science to be represented include: — Agricul- 

 ture, Anthropology, Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry. Engineering, Geo- 

 gTaphy, Geology, Mathematics, Meteorology, Pathology, Physics, Physio- 

 logy, Veterinary Science, Zoology." 



b. The provisional executive committee appointed at the same time is as 

 follows :— Professor Sir Edgeworth David, K.B.E., U.S.O.. D.Sc, 

 F.R.S. (Chairman), Mr. K. H. Cambage, F.L.S. (Honorary Secre- 

 tary), Professor H. G. Chapman, M.D., Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.R.S., 

 Professor J. A. Pollock, D.Sc, F.R.S. 



The Bill for the establishment of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and 

 Industry has, after much delay, become law, and the Institute is now on a per- 

 manent footing. Unfortunately, the general necessity for economy has resulted 

 in a consideraljle curtailment, i)oth as regariis funds and personnel, compared with 

 the intentions of some two or tiiree years ago. The present functions and scheme 

 of woi'king of the Institute may perliaps be best expressed by the following two 

 sections of the Bill : — 



5. The Institute sliall establish (a) a Bureau of Agriculture; (6) a Bureau 

 of Industries; and (c) such other bureaux as the Governor-General de- 

 tennines. 



G. The Goveruor-GeiU'ial may ap[)niiit a General Advisory Council and Ad- 

 visory Boards in each State to advise the Director with regard to (a) 

 the general business of the In.stitute or any bureau thereof; and (h) any 

 particular matter of investigation or research. 



The scoi^e for such an Institute is unlimited ; a high standard has been .set 

 by the Advisory Council, a temporary body which has cai'ried on the work for 

 some yeai-s past, and in wishing the permanent Institute success, we can only 

 Lope that this standard may be maintained or perhaps even surpassed. 



An event of considerable importance to science in Australia was the first 

 Pan-Pacifie Scientific Conference. Iield in Honolulu in August, 1920. This 

 Conference was convened by the Pan-Pacitic Union, the general idea being to 

 stimulate the consideration of scientific problems connected with the Pacific Ocean 

 and the countries bordering it. Witli this object, invitations were issued to scien- 

 tific workers and scientific institutions in countries bordering the Pacific, and as a 

 result some 110 delegates attended the first Conference, including representatives 

 from the Hawaiian Islands, Canada, United States of America, Australia, New 

 Zealand, Philippine Islands, China and Japan. Apart from the discussion of 

 scientific problems, preliminary steps were taken to set up a permanent organisa- 

 tion designed for the advancement of the common interests of tlie Pacific, includ- 

 ing scientific research. Pending the establishment of this permanent body, a pro- 

 visional Council was elected consisting of one representative from each of the 

 countries mentioned above except China. The Australian representative on this 

 Council is Mr . E . C . Andrews. Government Geologist of New South Wales. 



This organisation paves the way for helpful co-operation between Institutions 

 and Governments in the various countries bordering the Pacific in working our 

 common jiroblems; should it succeed in becoming permanently estal)lislied we may 

 expect great advances towards the elucidation of the many scientific problems so 

 intimately associated with the Pacific Ocean and its borders . 



