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would be of the greatest use to manufacturers. A higher 

 state of efficiency and skill would be requisite in the 

 future. 



Mr. A. B. Hector considered that the co-ordination of 

 scientific facts that were already known was the main 

 desideratum of the moment. Along with this, there were 

 the unification of standards, and the simplification of our 

 complicated weights and measures. The scientific education 

 of the rising generation was a matter of urgency. Popular 

 industrial lectures might be given by the Section. 



Mr. A. D. Walker believed that the Section could help 

 the smaller firms which could not afford a scientific staff. 

 He thought that science improves an industry after it has 

 been established by the tariff. 



Mr. James Henderson said that science could best assist 

 industry by considering the scientific education of the 

 young and of the budding worker. Lecturettes upon 

 industrial subjects should be given by scientific men. He 

 considered that we should think and act more as a com- 

 munity than as individuals. 



His Excellency Sir Gerald Strickland, g.c.m.g.,. 

 Governor of the State, said that the education of the rising 

 generation in science was full of promise, and he suggested 

 that a Government department should be inaugurated or 

 the University system extended to allow of thoroughly 

 competent scientific advice being given when desired by 

 manufacturers. 



Mr. T. H. Houghton, President of the Society, appealed 

 to manufacturers to allow their young men to go to the 

 technical schools during the afternoon. 



Mr. Thos. Poole gave an instance of the benefit of co- 

 operation in several small firms combining to employ a 

 ohemist. 



