Mineral Resources of the British Commonwealth and Empire

Abstract

THE Fourth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, meeting at Oxford under the presidency of Sir Henry Tizard, devoted July 13 to a discussion of the mineral resources of the Commonwealth and Empire countries, with particular reference to changes in the last two decades. Members had before them advance copies of nine papers, dealing with Australia (P. B. Nye, I. C. H. Croll and D. R. Dickinson), the Union of South Africa (A. R. Mitchell), Canada (G. C. Monture), Malaya and the Far East (L. L. Fermor), British West Africa (N. R. Junner), the East African colonies (E. O. Teale), India (D. N. Wadia), Southern Rhodesia (J. C. Ferguson) and Northern Rhodesia, Trinidad, British Guiana and Cyprus (E. H. Beard). These contain a wealth of factual information from which it is possible to select only a few items for comment.