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THE King in Council has appointed Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., a member of the Committee of the Privy Council for the organisation and development of scientific and industrial research. The other non-official members of the Committee are Lord Haldane, the Right Hon. A. H. D. Acland, and the Right Hon. J. A. Pease, M.P. Mr. Henderson was the President of the Board of Education when the Government's research scheme was published in July of last year. As such he was a member of the Committee, which includes also, as official “members, the Lord President of the Privy Council, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary for Scotland, the President of the Board of Trade, and the Chief Secretary for Ireland.

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Notes . Nature 98, 37–40 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098037a0

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