IMPERIAL MINERAL RESOURCES BUREAU. 
quantity, composition, output, methods of treatment, &c., as well as 
annual comparative statistics showing production, consumption, exports 
and their destination, imports and their sources and prices. It was 
requested that the following classification should be rigidly adhered to :— 
(a) Carbonaceous, including mineral oils. 
(b) Iron and manganese. 
(c) Non-ferrous. 
(d) Refractories. 
(e) Fertilizers, &c. 
(f) Precious stones. 
The information required by the Bureau is being collected by the 
Australian Metals Exchange through the State Departments of Mines. 
Any steps which may be found necessary to supplement the scientific 
and technological information available re metallurgical processes and 
methods of treatment will be taken by the Institute of Science and 
Industry. 
ORGANIZATION AND Powers or Bureau. 
The Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau, as established under 
charter, will be controlled by a governing body consisting of representa- 
tives of the various parts of the Empire and of other persons appointed 
by the Minister of Reconstruction, the representative for the United 
Kingdom being salaried Chairman. The main purposes of the Bureau 
are as follows :— : 
(1) To collect and disseminate information as to the resources, 
production, treatment, &c., of exer mineral and metal 
of economic value. 
(ii) To ascertain the scope of existing agencies, with a view to 
avoiding any unnecessary overlapping. 
(iii) To assist and supplement existing agencies. 
(iv) To advise on the development of the mineral-resources of 
the Empire. 
The Bureau is authorized to acquire land to the extent of 5 acres 
in any part of the Empire, and such buildings and personal property 
as may be required; to appoint officers to carry out the work; and to 
enter into such arrangements with any Department of the Government 
of the United Kingdom or of the Government of any part of our Empire 
or of any foreign State as may be desirable with a view to the exercise of 
any of the powers of the Bureau. The Governors may appoint advisory 
Committees to advise on any special subject. Four standing Committees 
are to be appointed to deal with— 
1. Intelligence and Publications—This Committee is to concen- 
trate on the collection of statistical and other information, and ta 
answer all inquiries. Its work will fall under four heads, viz. :— 
(a) Resources—by which is meant the collection “ii information 
relating to location, transport, quantity, composition, 
treatment, &e. 
(b) Annual and other Periodical Statistics—dealing with pro- 
duction, consumption, exports and imports, prices, &e. 
(c) Abstracts of technical and trade papers, &e. 
(d) Library and Card Index of technical literature, &c. 
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