SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
splendid support accorded our efforts by the many talented and unselfish 
workers in the various branches of science. It is desired to thank these 
contributors for the assistance they have rendered. 
When it was first decided to publish a monthly journal it was thought 
that the Institute almost immediately was to be given statutory authority 
and richly endowed with funds. Had these prospects been fulfilled a 
regular official publication detailing the activities of the Institute 
would have been necessary. Pressure of legislative business, however, 
delayed the introduction of the Bill for’ so long a period that during. 
the currency of the journal no additional work of any great importance 
was undertaken. The activities of the Executive Committee were con- 
fined largely to the continuance of the investigations previously entered 
‘upon, and to discharging certain advisory functions on behalf of: the 
Government. The necessity for a regular publication, therefore, for 
the time being disappears. Future action will depend upon the expan- 
sion of work undertaken by the Institute. 
If for no other reason than to show the value of an organization, 
adequately financed and equipped, such as that which has now been 
created, Science and Industry has fully justified itself. Not having 
been in the position up to the present of embarking upon a compre- ° 
hensive and definite scheme of work, reference had to be made largely 
to the activities of kindred organizations in other parts of the world. 
' Similar successes to those which these institutions have so quickly won 
may be confidently looked for in Australia when similar financial back- 
ing is forthcoming. However, several important investigations have 
been put in train, and they are yielding the most encouraging results. 
Pending the appointment of a director, and the preparation of his 
plans for a permanent policy, the interim reports of these various com- — 
mittees of inquiry will be communicated to the daily and technical 
press of Australia, and, when necessary, special statements will be pre- 
pared and circulated among persons particularly interested in the work 
in hand. 
