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STATE GOVERNMENTS AND DEPARTMENTS: 
"Each of the six State Governments of Aus¬ 
tralia maintains scientific departments or sub¬ 
departments which deal largely with scientific 
problems arising within the State, and which 
also carry out a considerable amount of routine 
and other scientific work associated with the 
laws and regulations of the State. Thus, in each 
of the States, there is a Department of Agricul¬ 
ture; a Forest Service; a Department of Main 
Roads; a Mines Department; a Lands Depart¬ 
ment; and Government Chemical Laboratories, 
etc. These bodies can render assistance in spe¬ 
cialized fields, but direct approach to them 
would be desirable in all cases.” [C.S.I.R., Letter, 
February 20, 1948.] 
Mr. J. E. Cummins, Officer-in-Charge of the 
Information Service of the Council for Scientific 
and Industrial Research, writes that "it is not 
possible to express an opinion as to whether 
each of the institutions or departments [in¬ 
cluded in this list for Australia] would be able 
to provide accommodation for visiting scien¬ 
tists. Unfortunately, the facilities for research 
in some of the scientific institutions are very 
limited, and, depending upon the time of visit 
and the period of this, a definite decision could 
not be made as a general statement. However, 
I am sure that all of the Australian research in¬ 
stitutions listed would be only too pleased to 
do their utmost to provide assistance. 
"In the specific case of the C.S.I.R_the 
Executive Committee of the Council have in¬ 
formed me that they would be glad to welcome 
visiting scientists in any of their laboratories 
and would be only too pleased to make facilities 
available for them. May I suggest, therefore, 
that... intending visitors should make direct 
enquiries before visiting Australia and while 
their plans are still in the formative stage.” 
This information was received from the In¬ 
formation Service of the Council for Scientific 
and Industrial Research of the Commonwealth 
of Australia, 425 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, 
S. C. 2, through the assistance of the Scientific 
Liaison Office of the Australian Embassy, Wash¬ 
ington, D. G; from the British Consulate, Hono¬ 
lulu, T. H.; from the British Information Serv¬ 
ices, New York; from the American Embassy, 
Canberra, Australia; and from UNESCO, Paris. 
February-April, 1948. 
BRITISH MALAYA 
BOTANICAL gardens, Singapore. 
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, Kuala Lumpur. 
INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, Kuala 
Lumpur. 
KING EDWARD VII COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, Singa¬ 
pore. 
raffles college, Singapore. 
General. 
RAFFLES MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, Singapore. 
Anthropology, archaeology, botany, and 
zoology of Malaysia. 
RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Kuala Lumpur. 
This information was received from the Amer¬ 
ican Consulate General, Singapore. March, 1948. 
CANADA 
FISHERIES EXPERIMENTAL STATION, 898 Rich¬ 
ards Street, Vancouver, B. C. 
Fisheries technology. 
PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION, Nanaimo, B.C. 
Fisheries, marine biology, oceanography. 
UNIVERSITY OF alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 
General. 
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver, 
B. C. 
Agriculture, bacteriology, biophysics, geol- 
ogy, geophysics, marine algae and oceanog¬ 
raphy, nuclear physics, preventive medicine, 
spectroscopy. 
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, Winnepeg, Mani¬ 
toba. 
Botany, chemistry, geology, zoology. 
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, Saskatoon, 
Saskatchewan. 
Physical chemistry, medicine, physics. 
This information was received from the Uni¬ 
versity of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. G, 
and from the National Research Council of 
Canada, through the Canadian (N. R. G) Sci¬ 
entific Liaison Office, Washington, D. C. Jan- 
uary-April, 1948. 
