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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, Vol. 32: For 1920 In his inaugural address in January, 1884, our first President, the late Hon A. C. Gregory. Referred to the field of investigation by this Society as being Natural Science and its practical application. That ideal of thirty-six years ago bears a far wider interpretation to day. In an official pronouncement as Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Milner has Clearly pointed out that there is scarcely any industry which can develop or even maintain its position Without the aid of scientific He mentions the liberal grant provided by the British Government to be expended in stimulating scientific research overseas, and gives his opinion that the greatest possible impor tance is attached to this question. Lord Milner's words are to be welcomed as a Sign of the times, and we believe that they Will be sympathetically endorsed by Australian statesmen. The recognition of the great value of scientific work has been too tardy, for, as Huxley pointed out long ago, science has been the world's Cinderella, working mostly out of sight. With the recognition of the need for wide encouragement of scientific work, and the endowment of research, emphasised by the war, it is sincerely to be hoped that there will be a growth of the best scientific spirit: that is, of undeviating allegiance to truth and a sense of fair play, for these ideals are of even greater value than those of material importance. So far as this Society is concerned our-activities are outlined in the report of your Council and need not be detailed here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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