, SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
officers of scientific and technical State Departments are cordially 
assisting in the work of the Institute. At the request of the Western 
Australian Government, an investigator has been sent abroad to inquire 
into modern methods of running a forest products laboratory. Half 
the expenses are being borne by the State Government, and half by the 
Institute. The Chairman of the Western Australian Government 
Industries Assistance Board is a member of the Executive Committee 
of the Institute, his appointment having been made at the request of 
the State Government. 
Both the South Australian and Tasmanian Governments are repre- 
sented on the Advisory Council, and in both these States investigational 
work is being carried out._ / 
The advantages of co-operative research between the Common- 
wealth and States cannot be denied. Broadly speaking, the individual 
States cannot afford the funds necessary: for adequately tackling the 
‘larger problems, which are really national in their scope. The total 
cost of researches of a partial or fragmentary nature is many times 
greater than that of a comprehensive co-operative research led by the 
foremost experts in the particular field. The policy of the Government 
and of the Institute has always been directed towards co-operation 
with the States, and from the above it will be seen, not only that the 
States on their part have generously responded, but also that much 
has already been accomplished in the direction of co-operative 
enterprise. 
—G. L. 
