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also with the later and possibly equally important after-war 
questions, which are bound to arise affecting the prosperity 
of the country and the maintenance of the Empire. 
A large number of these matters turn upon the application 
of scientific knowledge and scientific methods to various 
industries, and amongst these not the least important are 
those concerned with the allied subjects of agriculture and 
aquiculture or the scientific regulation and cultivation of our 
fisheries. I think it appropriate under these circumstances 
to add a few words on the general question of Science in relation 
to the industries, a matter on which it 1s of vital importance 
that all thinking men should be correctly informed and prepared 
to act with wisdom and promptitude. National efficiency, 
both in war and in commerce, depends to a very great extent 
upon the degree in which scientific results and methods are 
appreciated by the people and scientific mvestigation is 
promoted by the Government and other Administrative 
Authorities. 
It is, I believe, recognised that, with the view of making 
a rapid recovery from the effects of the war, amongst other 
things agriculture and allied industries must be promoted, 
and it must be seen to that no good land is wasted, that 
none is applied to the wrong purpose, and that the most 
suitable treatment to ensure the best results is given to each 
area. In fact, a more systematic study and more extensive 
cultivation of the land must be made. In quite a similar way 
and for no less important reasons the harvest of the sea must 
be promoted, the fisheries must be continuously investigated, 
and such cultivation as is possible must be applied to our 
barren shores. All this is one of the natural applications of 
Biological Science. 
Dr. C. W. Eliot (Past President of Harvard University), 
in his recent Presidential Address to the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, entitled “ The Fruits, Prospects 
