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(pre-clinical, clinical and post-graduate) was of university standard and conformed to university ideals, its establishment was highly desirable and practicable. It would, he thought, be well worth the cost. It was admitted in 1947 that the cost would be heavy. Professor MacCallum thought that the cost of the establishment of a school including buildings and equipment would be about £100,000 at the University of Western Australia, and £120,000 at the Perth Hospital. Of course, the costs will be much more now. Professor MacCallum thought that a rough estimate of the annual cost of running the school when it had reached the fully functioning stage was £30,000 to £35,000. This cost included that of a "director" and chairs of anatomy, physiology, medicine, surgery, pathology and obstetrics. Professor MacCallum thought that chairs in biochemistry and bacteriology might come later on. In 1947 we pointed out that the Government of Western Australia had a much to be envied opportunity: "It has on its hands no burden of accumulated and outmoded inefficiency, no medical staff whose members have become set in their ways and fixed in their ideas and who have to be considered and possibly placated in the face of impending changes. It can start with a plan of its own devising and a personnel of its own choice." The importance of starting with a clean sheet cannot be over-estimated. The Government would therefore be well advised when it does undertake to establish its medical school (and there is no doubt that it will have to do so before very long) to secure the services of an experienced medical organizer and teacher, and to pay him a really adequate salary. If the Government wants to have the best advice, it should be prepared to pay for it. The man chosen should be old enough to have learnt what mistakes in organization and administration may lead to, sufficiently young to be able to exercise a pliable mind, and