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Indian Government. I do not know whether any accurate 

 experiments have been made, or have even been possible, as 

 to the gain or otherwise from the Sunday labour which has 

 been in so many cases carried on during the present war, 

 as regards the industrial fatigue and capacity of the worker, 

 though the subject has been much considered ; but a case has 

 been cited of many years ago when, in surveying the boundary 

 line between the United States and Canada, work was some- 

 times carried on for several weeks without any Sunday 

 stoppage, and it was possible to measure accurately the work 

 done in foot-pounds. It was found that the actual amount 

 of work done when the men worked only for six days in the 

 week was practically the same as when they worked for seven 

 days. For the men themselves, the rest day would un- 

 doubtedly be an advantage. In my address last year I 

 spoke of the visit to Australia of the British Association. 

 This year Australia is with us under very different circum- 

 stances, and many thousands of her sons have been 

 successively my nearest neighbours. I have to-day one 

 more pleasure to add to the great gratification and interest 

 that I have derived from them during the last two years, in 

 congratulating one of their number, Warrant Officer W. 

 Leeming, in charge of the Massage and Electrical Treatment 

 Hut in Montevideo Camp, on his success in having secured the 

 Cecil Medal and Prize by an excellent essay on the subject 

 of " The more recent applications of electricity in the present 

 war, especially in the treatment of diseases and wounds 

 arising therefrom." I should like to mention that the medal 

 and prize of 10 were awarded to him by the unanimous 

 verdict of Lord Eustace Cecil and the Trustees, as well as 

 by the Electiical Expert to whom the papers were submitted. 

 I am myself very much pleased that this medal should go to 

 Australia, where it will form a small memento of their visit 

 to England, and I hope also a bond of sympathy with the 

 Dorset Field Club. 



