iS 



\ ITURE 



J September 5, km 8 



annum. ted thai man; of th 



devi loped al .1 total cost, including 



ml transmission lines, rang! 



sol. per e.h.p., in which 1 hi 



cost per h.p. 1 ii'itn ~lu.nl. I nol 1 sceed .•'. to 3I. 



Resow 1 Canada.- Canada is exceptionallj U>r- 



hi extent arid dish ibution "I iis » ater- 

 powers. Extending ovei .. bell ..I several thousand 

 mills in length, from Alaska to Labrador, and over a 

 width of several hundred miles, then is an almost 

 iuous nel « ..1 k of lakes aiid 1 i\ ei -. 

 The following table shows how general is the dis- 

 tribution of water-power throughout thi Dominion ; 



B. V rse pow 



Developed 



Resources of Australia.- Though comparable in area 

 with the United States, there has yet been no notable 

 hydro-electric development in Australia. Except on 

 the east coast, the topography is too flat or the rain- 

 fall too low to provide the necessary conditions. Some 

 of the large irrigation schemes are capable of being 

 utilised for power production, but the aggregate of 

 such possible power is small. 



The only possibilities of considerable powers are to 

 be found in the rivers draining the Great Dividing 

 Chain of the east coast. 



The aggregate power suggested as being capable of 

 economic development in the Great Dividing Chain 

 is as follows : — 



Australian Alps ... 

 Blue Mountains ... 

 New England Range 

 Cairns district 



Total 



300,000 to 500,000 h.p. 



25,000 to 50,000 ,, 



200,000 to 500,000 ,, 



100,000 to 250,000 ,, 



625,000 1,300,000 



Conclusions. 



The main conclusions to be drawn from the evidence 

 available to the committee are: — 



til That 1I1. potential water-power of the Empire 

 amounts in th.' aggregate to at least 50 to 70 million 

 inn se-power. 



(2) That much of ibis is capable of immediate 

 economic .Lv elopmenf^ 



(3) That, except in Canada and New Zealand, and 

 to a less extent in New South Wales and Tasmania, 

 no systematic attempt has as vet been made by anv 

 Governmenl Department to ascertain the true pi.ssi- 

 bitities <.f the hvdraulic resources of its territories, or 

 to collect the relevanl .... 



14) That the development of the Empire's natural 

 resources is inseparabl com cted with that of its 

 ■ ater-oow ers. 



■1 I ti.it the .1 velopmenl of such enormous possi- 

 bilities should not be left to ehan hould ffe 



carried out under the guidance <d somi competent 

 authority. 



2549, VOL. I02] 



UNIVERSI1 V AND EDUC ITIONAL 



IXTELLIGENCE. 



I in Institution ..1 Naval Architects' Scholarship for 

 r.918 has been awarded L\ the Council to Mr. II. YV. 

 Nicholls, <.l Chatham Dockyard. The scholarship is 



id the value oi /. per annum, and is tenabl 



three years. 



\ ' nr\ ..1 thi . ..1. 11.!. n foi ill.- session 1918 ■■ 

 the Met, ill University, Montreal, has been received. 

 ' ls 377 pages give verj full details of the varied 

 courses oi instruction provided, nol only for graduation 

 in the more ordinary university faculties, but also for 

 non-graduate students desiring to study other branches 

 of learning. Ii is possible here to r< fer ..nK 1.. .1 few 

 of the expedients adopted to assist needy students of 

 ability. Particulars are given ..t loan funds which 

 have been established for tin- purpose of aiding 

 students who, upon the completion ..I their second or 

 later year's work, require assistance to enable them 

 to finish their course of study. Satisfactory arrange- 

 ments .11. made to secure the eventual repayment of 

 the loans. The provision of scholarships, exhibitions, 

 and prizes is on a generous scale, and tin- needs of 

 ever; class of student seem to have been thought of, 

 and means taken to give due recognition to excellence 

 in whatever line of work has been followed. 



Tilt, prospectus of the University courses in the 

 Municipal College of Technology, Manchester, for the 

 forthcoming session describes fully the facilities which 

 the college 1. tl'is for systematic training in the prin- 

 ciples of science and art as applied to mechanical, 

 electrical, municipal, and sanitary engineering, as well 

 as to architecture, the building trades, the chemical 

 and textile industries, and to photography and the 

 printing crafts. Not only does the college provide the 

 necessary courses for students who desire to graduate 

 in the faculty of technology, but it caters liberally for 

 more advanced study and research. A new degree of 

 Doctor of Philosophy has been instituted with the 

 object of encouraging research among suitable 

 graduates from approved universities. It is int. list- 

 ing to note in this connection that the governing body 

 of the college is prepared to award a limited number 

 of research scholarships in n chnology, each of a value 

 not exceeding 100L The prospectus gives full par- 

 ticulars also with regard to the entrance scholarships 

 available at the college. 



A NEW departure is announced by the Royal School 

 of Mines, which is now a constituent part of the 

 Imperial College of Science and Technology, in the 

 institution of a new associateship of the school in 

 mining geology. The curriculum has been designed 

 under the guidance of a number of the leaders of the 

 mining world in England, who constitute the advisory 

 committee of the school, and also in consultation with 

 many successful mining geologists and mining en- 

 gineers. The students receive, in the subji 1 is essen- 

 tial to them, the same training as tie regular mining 

 students of tin- school, comprising, for example, sur- 

 veying, principles of mining exploitation of mines, 

 and mine sampling and valuation, hut in addition 

 they spend practically an entire year on the branches 

 of geology and mineralogy specially applicable to 

 mining, concerning which much knowledge has been 

 acquired and published in recent years. In addition 

 to a grounding in the necessary parts <.f mineralog) 



and peiroloe'v , special attention is devoted to struc- 

 tural, stratigraphical. engineering. and mining 

 geologv. Th.' course is an eminently practical one, 

 and comprises work in the laboratory anil in the field. 

 the lattei in. hiding not only instruction and ora 

 in geological surviving, bul also a series nf visits 



