lvi. ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



for the investigation of special problems in industrial 

 matters was alluded to, and the formation of a Special 

 Bureau for the collection and dissemination of industrial 

 information was commented upon. 



Prof. W. H. Warren, ll.d., emphasised the advantages 

 that would accrue to a large portion of the community by 

 the formation of a Section in which the purely scientific 

 could exchange views with the practical man. He also 

 laid stress upon the necessity for the more liberal teaching 

 of the fundamental sciences of chemistry and physics in 

 the schools and technical colleges. 



Prof. R. D. Watt, m.a., b.Sc, showed that the Institute of 

 Science and Industry, as proposed, would not be a building 

 but a council which would have for its aim the better 

 utilisation of existing laboratories. It had at present the 

 power of assisting these financially, and of similarly assist- 

 ing any movements which would be of advantage to the 

 primary and secondary industries of the Commonwealth. 



Mr. G. H. Knibbs, c.m.g., Commonwealth Statistician, 

 suggested a scheme for teaching science in elementary 

 schools, and showed that, in Germany, all education had 

 a scientific foundation. 



Meeting held on Thursday, September 21st, 1916. 

 Mr. Loxley Meggitt in the Chair. 



The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Forbes Mack ay, 

 Electrician to the City Council, in which he advocated the 

 technical training of a greater number of apprentices in 

 the technical schools and colleges. 



Mr. W. T. Willington, President of the Chamber of 

 Manufacturers, in opening a discussion upon the co-operation 

 of science with industry, said that post helium conditions 

 would create a state of affairs that would take some time 

 to adjust, and during this time the assistance of science 



