News and Views

Abstract

THE annual general meeting of the Australian National Research Council was held in Melbourne on Aug. 25–25. Particular attention was given to the financial position of the Council in relation to present and future work. The offer of the Carnegie Corporation to provide a sum of £5000 as the nucleus of a research fund was accepted with most cordial thanks, and with this sum and more than £1000 available from other sources, such a fund was formally instituted. A strong committee was appointed to take action for securing additional contributions from Australian sources, and it is hoped that before long the Council will be in a position to give considerable aid to Australian workers in pure science. Amongst several satisfactory reports on the year's work was one from the Anthropology Committee outlining the progress made since the initiation of the Department, of Anthropology in the University of Sydney. This step followed upon a resolution by the second Pan Pacific Science Congress of 1923 and was made possible by contributions from the Commonwealth and State Governments and the Rockefeller Foundation. The new Department is now in full swing and is taking active steps to organise investigations both on the mainland and on the neighbouring Pacific islands. The following new members were elected to the Australian National Research Council, the total membership of which may not at any time exceed 100: Mr. C. R. P. Andrews (Director of Education, Western Australia); Prof. A. R. Radcliffe Brown (Anthropology, University of Sydney); Prof. A. N. S. H. Burkitt (Anatomy, Sydney); Prof. A. J. Ewart (Botany, Melbourne); Dr. W. A. Hargreaves (Govern-. ment Chemist, South Australia); Prof. J. W. Paterson, (Agriculture, Perth); and Dr. H. R. Seddon (Veterinary Research Station, New South Wales).