484 Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau. 



India and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, while six 

 representatives of the mineral, mining, and metal industries were 

 appointed by the Minister of Reconstruction after consultation with 

 the principal Institutes and Institutions representing those industries. 

 Pending the grant of the Charter to the Bureau, the Governors 

 lost no time in laying the foundations of their work and organization. 

 Four Committees of Governors were appointed to deal with: — 



1. Intelligence and Publications, 



2. Research and Development, 



3. Legal Matters, 



4. General Purposes and Finance, 



and the further scope and development of the Bureau were outlined 

 and decided upon. 



The Governors have now received their Charter of Incorporation, 

 and at the moment are busily engaged in putting into effect their 

 scheme of organization. 



Correspondence has been entered into between the Bureau and 

 the Overseas Governments of the Empire, with a view to obtaining 

 at an early date all possible information affecting the mineral and 

 metal industries of the countries concerned. In addition certain 

 statistical information on this subject from foreign countries is being 

 obtained through the Foreign Office. 



The Governors look forward, when the information is available, to 

 issuing from time to time various statistical and other publications 

 which will be of the greatest service to those engaged in the mineral 

 and metal industries, and it will be one of the chief aims of the 

 Bureau to issue this information as soon as it is available. 



In order that the Bureau may be able successfully to discharge its 

 functions, and issue information of an up-to-date character, the 

 Governors are seeking the closest co-operation and assistance of the 

 various Government Departments, Scientific Institutions, Societies, 

 and other bodies with which the Bureau hopes to be associated. 



It is the intention of the Governors at an early date to arrange for 

 the co-option on committees of representatives of the various 

 Government Departments, Scientific Institutions and Societies, as 

 decided upon at the Conference which was held at the Home Office 

 on the 14th day of February, 1919, the object aimed at being the 

 consideration of the best means to be adopted to bring about the 

 co-operation between the various agencies that is so much desired, 

 and to deal effectively with special branches of the mineral and 

 metallurgical industries. 



The offices of the Bureau are at 2 Queen Anne's Gate, S.W. 1, and 

 all communications should be addressed to the Secretary. 



