Abstract
FOR some time the Physics Department of the University of Birmingham has had charge of 0–5 gm. of radium, which has been used for supplying local hospitals with radon. This radium, which belonged to the Radium Commission, has recently been allotted to the General Hospital of the City for a special purpose. It therefore appeared likely that the Radon Laboratory of the Department of Physics at the University would be put out of action. Thereupon Sir Gilbert Barling issued an appeal for a fund to provide the University with a supply of radium of its own. The appeal met with a most generous response, and with the accruing money it is proposed to buy for the University 1 gm. of radium, so that the Radon Laboratory will be able to continue to supply radon to hospitals as before, and the Physics Department will have radium available for scientific research. The Pro-Chancellor (Mr. Walter Barrow) has expressed on behalf of the University his warmest thanks to Sir Gilbert Barling for his energy and initiative and to the donors for their generous response.
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