ISth December, 1916. 



SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. 

 By Professor J. A. McClelland. M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. 



{Abstract.) 



In July, 1915, the Government, through the Minister of 

 Education, issued a White Paper in which they stated that there 

 seemed to be a general consensus of opinion amongst persons 

 engaged both in Science and in Industry, that a special need 

 exists at the present time for new machinery and for State aid, 

 in order to promote and organize Scientific Research with a view 

 especially to its application to trade and industry. 



The paper went on to explain the scheme which the Govern- 

 ment had decided upon to give effect to their intentions. 



It provided for the establishment of (l) a Committee of the 

 Privy Council responsible for the expenditure of any new moneys 

 provided by Parliament for Scientific and Industrial Research ; 

 (2) a small Advisory Council irresponsible to the Privy Council 

 Committee, and composed of men engaged in Research and in 

 Industries dependent on Research. 



The primary functions of the Advisory Council were defined 

 to be the advising of the Privy Council Committee on : — 



(1) Proposals for instituting specific researches ; 



(2) Proposals for establishing or developing special insti- 



tutions, or departments of existing institutions, for 

 the scientific study of problems affecting particular 

 industries and trades ; 



(3) The establishment and award of Research Student- 



ships and Fellowships. 

 The paper further stated : — " It is clearly desirable that the 

 scheme should operate over the Kingdom as a whole, with as little 



