SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
America. In most of those countries, legislation was passed to enforce 
its observance. At the present time, there is a Bill before the Victorian 
Parliament to make such examination compulsory; and it speaks well 
for the influence and standing of the Agricultural Department, and 
particularly of the live-stock division, that for the past twelve years it 
was able, merely as an administrative function, to obtain recognition 
of the principle. 
When the question of the establishment of a Veterinary School and 
Research Institute at the Melbourne University was mooted, Dr. 
Cameron took a prominent part in vitalizing the movement and bringing 
it to fruition. The creation of a Chair of Agriculture marked another 
stage in the history of the Melbourne University, and one from which 
should date big advances in the practice of agriculture. The interest 
which Dr. Cameron has taken in this new school is not merely official, . 
but is intensely active and sympathetic. “Science has already been of 
great assistance to the farmer,” he stated recently, “and the State has 
everything to gain from securing thoroughly-trained investigators. 
Science is essential to progress in agriculture, and I am firmly of opinion 
that the future increase in agricultural output from the State lands 
will be in direct ratio to the graduate output from the University.” | 
There is no need to turn to the United States for confirmation of this 
belief. The success of the Werribee Experimental Farm is sufficient 
evidence of the value of scientific investigation, and although it would 
be difficult to express in exact monetary terms the results of the demon- 
strations which have already been carried out, their influence has been 
pronounced and widespread. The usefulness of the Department of 
Agriculture has been strengthened by the addition of young, zealous 
trainees to its staff, and as time goes on, and more and more graduates 
are employed upon the problems of primary production, not only will 
the prestige of the Department be increased, but the State will reap 
substantial benefits. 
As a member of the Executive Committee of the Advisory Council 
of Science and Industry, Dr. Cameron’s wide knowledge of agricultural 
industry, and his practical criticism of the various problems dealt with, 
has proved of great value. During the time he has been a member of 
that body, he has assisted very largely in bringing about co-operative 
investigation, not only between the States, but between the Common- 
wealth and the States. It was a fitting tribute to his ability that his 
should have been the first name to be recorded on the register of the 
Melbourne University as Doctor of Veterinary Science (D.V.Sc.). 
Dr. Cameron won this distinction in 1909, and was therefore the first 
man in Australia upon whom this degree was conferred. 
