THE INSTITUTE’S BILL. 
some aid might with advantage be given to scientific education, hence 
power to do so is being asked for, subject to the limitation that it can 
_ be exercised only after agreement with the States. We thus find that 
the powers and functions of the directors are divided into two groups. 
The first and most important group of powers which the directors may 
exercise, subject only to the regulations and the consent of the Minister, 
may be set out as follow :— 
(a) the initiation and carrying out of scientific researches in con- 
nexion with, or for the promotion of, primary or secondary 
industries in the Commonwealth; 
(b) the establishment and awarding of- industrial research, 
studentships, and fellowships; 
(c) the making of grants in aid of pure scientific research; 
(d) the recognition or establishment of associations of persons 
engaged in any industry or industries for. the purpose of 
carrying out industrial scientific research, and the co- 
operation with and the making of grants to such associa- 
tions when recognised or established; 
(e) the testing and standardization of scientific apparatus and 
instruments, and of apparatus, machinery, materials, and 
instruments used in industry; 
(f) the establishment of a Bureau of Information for the collec- 
tion and dissemination of information relating to scientific 
and technical matters; and 
(g) the collection and dissemination of information regarding 
industrial welfare, and questions relating to the improve- 
ment of industrial conditions. 
Another group of functions which can only be exercised after agree- 
ment between the States and the Commonwealth, and formally finalized 
by correspondence between the Governor-General and the Governor of 
one, or more of the States concerned, may be set out as follow :— 
(a) the utilization for the purposes of this Act of State Research 
Departments and laboratories, and experimental stations 
and farms; 
(b) the co-operation in industrial and scientific research with 
State Government Departments, universities, and technical 
schools; and : 
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| (c) the co-operation with educational authorities and scientific ; 
societies in the Commonwealth with a view to— 
(i) advancing the teaching of science in schools, tech- 
nical colleges, and universities where the teaching 
is determined by those authorities; 
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