SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
co-operate in certain important investigational enterprises. As, how- 
ever, the necessary statutory authority has not yet been given, the tem- 
porary body has been unable to carry out its part. The States are 
anxious to proceed in co-operation with the Institute, but will not 
delay action further. This would lead to overlapping and to isolated 
and fragmentary efforts—a position which the establishment of the 
Institute was intended to obviate. 
Among the leading countries of the world there has recently been 
a great awakening to the national value of scientific research. The 
British Government has recently created a new Department of Scientific 
and Industrial Research, with a fund of over £1,000,000 at its disposal. 
In France, a new national institution for scientific research on a large 
scale is being established, with a preliminary grant of £250,000. In 
Canada, a Research Council has been established on a permanent basis 
by the Dominion Government to take charge of matters affecting scien- 
tific and industrial research in Canada, and to advise on questions of 
scientific and technological methods affecting the expansion of Canadian 
industries or the utilization of the natural resources of Canada. In the 
United States, though the facilities provided for industrial research are 
probably better organized and more munificently endowed than in any 
other country, it has recently been recognised that it would be profitable 
to devise a national organization. A Research Council has accordingly 
been established, at the instance of the President, for the purpose of 
developing and bringing into co-operation existing governmental, 
educational, industrial, and other research organizations. In Japan, 
a National Research Institute is being established on a large scale, 
involving the expenditure of over £500,000. In Italy; a sum of 
£250,000 has been granted, as a first instalment, for the work of a 
National Research Council. In New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, 
and Belgium, national research organizations have also been established. 
The illustrations cited above serve to show that throughout the 
world there is a recognition of the fact that the development of national 
resources is dependent on scientific methods and research, and they 
indicate also the path that must be followed in Australia if our 
industries are to be developed efficiently. 
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