A PAPER by Dr. E. S. Hedges and Dr. C. E. Homer on “The Role of Technical Information in Industrial Research and Development”, presented at the World Congress on Universal Documentation in Paris last year, has been included as No. 6 in the Miscellaneous Publications of the International Tin Research and Development Council. The paper reviews the functions of an information department in industrial research and development and describes the methods of disseminating technical information, with particular reference to those used for the collection, storing and distribution of information by the International Tin Research and Development Council. The policy of the Council of making available to those interested all information obtained is carried out to some extent by replies to inquiries but more generally by publishing all suitable information in the Technical Papers or Bulletins of the Council. The first are issued in several series. Series A is devoted to accounts of original work carried out by the Council's investigators and usually consists of reprints of papers presented to scientific societies ; Series? consists of comprehensive accounts of special subjects ; Series C is reserved for reports of new applications of tin ; and Series D contains reports of original research by other organizations. The Miscellaneous Publications deal with general nontechnical topics of interest to the tin industry, while the Bulletins, which are written in a less severely technical style, endeavour to provide a survey of the tin-consuming industries.