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Sydney, no Australian university is doing geographical work at all com- 
parable with that of the leading universities of Britain.’ 
IV. UNIon oF SoutH AFRICA. 
Replies to the questionnaire from the Union of South Africa were 
collected by Professor J. H. Wellington of the University of Witwatersrand, 
Johannesburg. ‘The position is shown in the schedule. 
V. THE DoMINION OF CANADA. 
The replies to the questionnaire from Canadian universities were collected 
by Dr. L. J. Burpee. Dr. Burpee summarises the position as follows :— 
“It will be seen from the replies received that very little has yet been 
done in this direction (i.e. the establishment of Geography, in the universities). 
In the sense in which the question is meant, it must be said that so far 
there is no Department of Geography in any Canadian university. It will 
be noted that the University of British Columbia and the University of 
Montreal both report a Department of Geography but it would seem that 
for all practical purposes the situation is the same in these universities as 
in Toronto and McGill and most of the other universities, where Geography 
is more or less a course in the Department of Geology and the Department 
of Economics. It will be noticed that from Professor Innis’ letter that 
Toronto University has for some time been feeling its way towards the 
establishment of a Department of Geography, but the time is not yet ripe. 
I think the same situation applies to several other Canadian universities, 
and probably after we have got through this period of depression some 
progress may be anticipated.’ 
The actual position is shown in the attached schedule. 
VI. INDIA AND THE Far East. 
The questionnaire was sent to all the Indian and Far Eastern universities 
(i.e. including Singapore and Hong Kong) and replies were received from 
all those mentioned in the schedule. 
VII. Summary. 
For purposes of comparison, Professor Griffith of the University of 
Chicago obtained replies to the questionnaire from a number of representative 
universities in the United States. 
It will be clear from the replies to the questionnaire that Geography does 
not yet occupy the important position in the curricula of the universities 
of the Dominions that it does in the universities of the Home Country, 
or in the universities of the United States. In the universities of Australia 
and New Zealand the subject is represented, and there is a remarkably 
strong department in the University of Sydney. In South Africa the 
subject is important, especially in the Universities of Witwatersrand and 
Pretoria. 
In India the subject is growing in importance ; there is a specially strong 
department in the modern University of Rangoon. 
The position in Canada, which cannot be said to have any full department 
of geography in its several universities, is a remarkable contrast to the 
United States and to the Home Country. 
