ENGIN EERING STANDARDISATION. 
societies have not the same national status or scope as that of the 
institutes which control the standardising movement in England. In 
view of the conditions obtaining in Australia, it is not likely that the 
engineering associations and societies will themselves establish a stan- 
dardising organization, at any rate, in the near future. 
Moreover, the engineering industry in Australia has not yet reached, 
from the manufacturers’ point of view, the same stage of development 
as in Great Britain or the United States of America, and it would 
appear to be quite impracticable to establish in Australia an organiza- 
tion like the American Society for Testing Materials, which has a large 
membership behind it, and which is financed mainly by members’ 
subscriptions. 
In conclusion, it cannot be too strongly emphasized that, whatever 
scheme of organization be adopted, mutual concession and the sinking 
of sectional interests and individual opinions are necessary as a condi- 
tion precedent to any effective agreements being reached in the work of 
standardisation. 
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