APPENDIX 1 COMMITTEE ON METHODS OF ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION Sub-Committee on Industrial Standardization The Sub-Committee was constituted as follows: Canada Dr. H. M. Tory, President National Research Council of Canada (Chairman). Mr. B. S. McKenzie, Secretary Canadian Engineering Standards Association. United Kingdom Mr. E. R. Eddison, C.8., C.M.G., Deputy Comptroller-General, Department of Overseas Trade. Mr. C. le Maistre, C.8.E., Technical Adviser on Industrial Standardization. Director British Standards Institution. Australia Mr. R. W. Knox, Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia. New Zealand Mr. J. W. Collins, New Zealand Trade Commissioner at Toronto. Mr. G. W. Reid, New Zealand Manufacturers' Association. Union of South Africa Dr. G. S. H. Rossouw, Member of the Board of Trade and Industries. Irish Free State Mr. J. W. Dulaiity, High Commissioner in Great Britain. Newfoundland The Hon. L. E. Emerson, K.C., Minister of Justice. India Sir Samuel Smyth, K.C.1.E., C.S.I. Southern Rhodesia Mr. T. G. Gibson, M.8.E., Government Statistician. Secretary —Mr. F. E. Lathe, Director of Division of Research Information, National Research Council (Canada). INTRODUCTORY The Sab-Committee on Industrial Standardization, appointed by the Committee on Methods of Economic Co-operation, begs leave to report as follows: The Sub-Committee has held seven meetings. In order to obtain more complete technical information upon which it could base opinions, it has held four informal consultations with representatives of industrial interests. These consultations related to the possibility of adopting national agreements within the Commonwealth regarding commercial standard specifications and practices as to: (a) steel; (6) timber; (c) industrial chemicals; and (d) component parts of agricultural implements and machinery with a view to inter-change-ability. The Sub-Committee takes note of the resolution adopted by the Imperial Conference of 1926 commending the further development of standardization 32