218 



National Resources Planning Board 



Canada derives substantial benefit from the industrial 

 research of American and British companies which 

 own or control firms in Canada both with and without 

 laboratories. The most prominent example of tliis 

 is Canadian Industries, Ltd., largest chemical company 

 in Canada, which is controlled by Imperial Chemical 

 Industries, Ltd., and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and 

 Company. The Canadian company is Hcensed to 

 manufacture man}' of the products developed by the 

 other two and receives the results of research carried 

 out by them on such products. Canadian Industries, 

 Ltd., also conducts its own research. 



The Canadian Pulp and Paper Research Institute 

 at McGill University, was sponsored by the Canadian 

 Pulp and Paper Association which constructed a 

 laboratory at a cost of approximately $400,000, and 

 endowed the university with a fund of $100,000 to 

 assist in carrying out research at the laboratory. The 

 Association also provides additional annual grants for 

 the same purpose, and contributes toward the operat- 

 ing expense of the Pulp and Paper Division of the For- 

 est Products Laboratory of Canada. The Institute 

 has been particularly interested in the utilization of 

 lignin from pulp mills, including its use in plastics. A 

 recent project of unusual interest involves production 

 of liquid wood by a method of hydrogenation. 



The National Research Council of Canada was 

 organized in 1916 under the pressure of war conditions. 

 Under the Act of Parliament which defines the duties 

 of the Council, it is specifically stated that "The Council 

 shall have charge of all matters affecting scientific 



and industrial research in Canada which may be as- 

 signed to it by the Committee" of the Privy Council. 

 The President of the Council in his annual report for 

 1938-39 states that "The National Research Council 

 lends its aid impartially to the producer in need of 

 scientific assistance in the solution of industrial prob- 

 lems and to the consumer whose interests are best 

 served when improved products are made available 

 to him tlirough the application of science to the better- 

 ment of his material needs." 



The Council undertakes research for industry either 

 cooperatively, as on projects of national interest, or 

 at the expense of the industry concerned, when the 

 work can be done more advantageously in the Council's 

 laboratories than elsewhere. Inventions of the staff 

 are available to industry on a roj^alty basis. 



The National Research Council of Canada is a cor- 

 poration which receives and administers its funds ac- 

 cording to the act creating it, and in accordance with 

 directions received from the Conunittee of the Privy 

 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of which 

 the Minister of Trade and Commerce is chairman. 

 Funds for its support are derived from appropriations by 

 the Dominion Government, contributions toward special 

 researches, royalties, fees, and from industrial organi- 

 zations and private individuals. A laboratory costing 

 approximately $3,000,000 was completed at Ottawa in 

 1932. 



The Council is divided into six divisions as follows: 

 Biology and agriculture, chemistry, mechanical engi- 

 neering, physics and electrical engineering, research 



FiGCRE 65. — LahoratuiK's ul iho Naiiduai liiscarcii t'ouncil. Ottawa, Canada 



