SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
Vou. 2.] AUGUST, 1920. NG 8. 
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Science andl Industry Bill Npproved: 
ENERAL satisfaction has been expressed, both at the passage 
of the Bill for the permanent establishment of the Institute 
of Science and Industry, and at the provisions which the 
Bill contains. The measure has yet to go back to the House 
of Representatives for confirmation of one or two amendments, intro- 
duced at the instance of the Government, while under discussion in the 
Senate. As these amendments are in consonance with the principles . 
laid down by the House of Representatives for the governance of the 
Institute, anything but their full and immediate Shares: is theratone 
extremely unlikely. 
In its original form, as was explained in our last issue, the Bull 
differed in one or two important respects from the proposal submitted 
to the previous Parliament. Provision was made in the latter for the 
establishment of Advisory Councils in each State, and for the appoint- 
ment of three Directors. . The new Bill contained no’ such specific 
provision for the appointment of Advisory Councils, and the number 
of Directors was reduced from three to one. In the recent debate, 
Parliament generally approved of the principle of a sole Director, but 
pressed for the insertion of a clause empowering the appointment of 
Advisory Boards'in each State. Amendments were, therefore, effected 
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