PREFATORY NOTE
In 1903 the late Mr. Joseph Fisher paid the sum of 1,000 to the University of Adelaide for the purpose of promoting, with the income thereof, the study of commerce at the University.
The "Joseph Fisher Lecture in Commerce" was founded as one result of this endowment.
The lecture is given biennially on a topic relating to commerce, industry v or finance by a lecturer who is appointed from time to time by the Council. The lectures are free and are open to the public, and printed copies are afterwards distributed at the cost of the fund.
The present lecture, which is the eighth of the series, was delivered by Mr. Gerald Mussen, Industrial Adviser to the Broken Hill Associated Smelters.
The following is a complete list of Fisher Lectures given since their foundation:
1904 "Commercial Education", by Henry Gyles Turner, Esq.
1906 "Commercial Character", by L. A. Jessop, Esq.
1908 "The Influence of Commerce on Civilization", by J. Currie Elles, Esq.
1910 "Banking as a Factor in the Development of Trade and Commerce", by J. Russell French, Esq.
1912 "Australian Company Law; and Some Sidelights on Modern Commerce", by H. Y. Braddon, Esq.
1914 "Problems of Transportation, and their Relation to Australian Trade and Commerce", by the Hon. D. J. Gordon, M.L.C.
1917 "War Finance: Loans, Paper Money, and Taxation", by Professor R. F. Irvine, M.A.
1919 "The Humanizing of Commerce and Industry", by Gerald Mussen, Esq.
Copies of any of these lectures may be obtained free of charge on application to the Registrar, University of Adelaide.
The University accepts no responsibility whatever for any facts cited or opinions expressed in any of these lectures.
