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THE Prime Minister has appointed a Committee of the Economic Advisory Council with the following terms of reference: “(1) To survey the present state of knowledge in regard to nutrition in the Colonial Empire in the light of the replies received to the circular dispatch addressed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies on April 18, 1936, to the Officers Administering the Governments of Colonial Dependencies. (2) To advise from time to time as to the measures calculated to promote the discovery and application of knowledge in this field.” The Committee is constituted as follows: Earl De La Warr (chairman), Prof. E. P. Cathcart, Mr. G. L. M. Clauson, Dr. Philippa C. Esdaile, Prof. Noel Hall, Dr. J. M. Hamill, Mr. Francis Hemming, Mr. E. M. H. Lloyd, Prof. Edward Mellanby, Sir John Orr, Dr. Audrey Richards, Mr. H. S. Scott, Sir Thomas Stanton, Mr. F. A. Stbckdale, Mr. Hans Vischer. The secretaries to the Committee are Mr. D. H. F. Rickett (Economic Advisory Council) and Mr. C. G. Eastwood (Colonial Office).
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Nutrition in the Colonial Empire. Nature 138, 797 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138797a0
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