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FOR some years past, Sir Robert Hadfield has advocated the establishment of an Empire Development Board in order to secure a systematic and co-ordinated or a ‘planned’ development of the vast resources and opportunities of the British Empire. He has now brought his suggestions together in a concise pamphlet which, although prepared for consideration by a committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers, is deserving of the widest study. Sir Robert speaks with authority as a man of science, an engineer and as an administrator; and whilst drawing most of his examples from the field of engineering, he is clear that the membership of the Board should be fully representative of Empire scientific, technological and industrial activities.
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S., L. An Empire Development Board. Nature 137, 594 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137594a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137594a0