THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL INSTITUTE. 
three headings, unless he have some special qualifications for admission 
shall submit himself for examination in such a manner as the Council 
may decide. At the present time, the regulations for examination of 
candidates are being considered, and it is hoped that they will shortly 
be available for issue. Although not yet finalized, it may be stated 
that, in addition to a professional examination, an entrance examination 
will be required. Special arrangements will be made to deal with 
candidates who have passed through technical colleges in which the 
standard of education is not equal to that demanded above, but this 
arrangement will probably be only for a limited period, and on the 
understanding that such colleges take steps to bring the standard into 
line at an early date. 
In addition to the above provisions, the Council is arranging for 
a student grade, and also for a fellowship. Persons who have received 
a good general education, and who are undergoing a systematic training 
for the profession of chemistry, will be eligible for admission as students. 
The fellowship will only be granted to members who have attained a 
high degree of proficiency. It is intended to maintain a very high 
standard in granting this qualification, so that it may, from the outset, 
be regarded as the blue riband of the chemical profession. 
An important question, which is at the present time occupying the 
minds of many of the members of the Institute, is that of incorporation. 
This problem presents a number of special difficulties owing to .the 
anomalous character of the Australian Constitution. Whilst it would 
be quite a simple matter to form an Institute in each of the separate 
States, the Commonwealth Government appears to have no power to 
grant to a body such as this, spread over the respective States, an 
Act of Incorporation. In order to obtain sound information on this 
point, the Council of the Institute submitted the question to Professor 
Harrison Moore, who is a very high authority on constitutional law, 
and, from the advice thus received, it is apparent that there is no 
hope at present of the Institute becoming incorporated by a Tederal 
Act. ‘The position, therefore, leaves only three coursés open. On the 
one hand, the Institute may take action on simple lines by registering 
in each State under the Companies Act; or, on the other hand, a Bill 
might be promoted in one or other of the States with the object of 
obtaining an Act of Parliament. It would then be necessary to get the 
remaining States to pass an Act in similar terms. The third alterna- 
tive is to approach the Crown direct, and seek a Royal charter, such 
as was granted to the British Institute of Chemistry. It is rather 
interesting to note that the latter body did not become incorporated 
for a period of seven years after its formation. Looking through the 
accounts which appeared at that time in the Chemical News, it is 
uoticed that at one period of its existence it was intended to register 
under the British Companies Act. 
Up to the present the Council have not come to a definite decision 
on this matter. It is recognised, however, that, if it is decided to 
petition the Crown for a charter, it will be necessary to obtain the 
support of the home Institute of Chemistry. With this object in view. 
a letter has already been sent to the Secretary in London setting forth 
the position in which the Institute finds itself, and asking if the Council 
would kindly inform the “ Australian Ohemical Institute” what 
attitude it would be likely to adopt should such a petition be put 
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