SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
other was entitled “Big War Deals.” He was generally recognised as 
one of the soundest financial authorities in Australia, and he was an 
unsparing critic of prospectuses of ventures which asked, on slender 
grounds, for the support of public money. In 1917 Dr. Gellatly was 
unanimously chosen as chairman of the New South Wales Journalists 
Board of Advice, by the newspaper proprietors, and by the Institute of 
Journalists. Dr. Gellatly was but 46 years of age at the time of his 
death. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and three daughters. 
The eldest of his daughters has just commenced a science course at the 
Sydney University. 
The wide experience which Dr. Gellatly gained in journalism, and 
his advanced legal training, provided him with an invaluable mental 
equipment for the position for which the Commonwealth Government 
selected him. A scheme for the creation of an Institute of Science 
and Industry had been elaborated, but, pending parliamentary indorse- 
ment, its permanent establishment was postponed. In June, 1918, Dr. 
Gellatly was intrusted, as Chairman of Directors of the future perma- 
nent Institute, with the task of organizing the industrial scientific 
investigations of the Commonwealth. In this work he was assisted by 
the Executive Committee of the Advisory Council, which, since the 
temporary inauguration of the Institute in 1916, had been carrying on 
its duties in the face of great difficulties. The appointment of a 
permanent administrative officer greatly stimulated the activities of the 
Institute, for it immediately became apparent that a wise selection had 
been made. he wide and intimate knowledge of affairs which Dr. 
Gellatly had gained during his connexion with the business community, 
combined with*his tact and imagination, peculiarly fitted him for 
- bringing together in cordial co-operation the working elements of the 
Commonwealth. He applied himself whole-heartedly and unsparingly 
to his new duties. His first visit to the various States yielded a rich 
harvest of good results. 
One of the cardinal objects of the Institute is to co-ordinate the 
experimental work of the States. The intention is not to link up the 
States under the Commonwealth, but to link up the States with the 
Commonwealth. In this aspect of the work Dr. Gellatly was con- 
spicuously successful. Science has no boundaries, and in the interests 
of efficiency and economy, national needs must be the first considera- 
tion. The co-operation of the Queensland Government towards the 
eradication of the prickly pear had been obtained, and he completed 
the scheme by obtaining the co-operation of the New South Wales 
Government. As a result, an agreement has been arrived at by which 
the Commonwealth undertakes to expend £4,000 per annum for a period 
of five years, and. each of the two States £2,000 per annum for the 
same_-period. 
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