THE CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE BRITISH CERAMIC INDUSTRY. J. A. AUDLEP. Lcss thnn n year ngo an Australian buyer oiiterd tho oflico of n d l -k n o w n North Gtnffordshim carthonwnro innnufnctory, Inid down clicquo for ~1 0 , 0 0 0 , and said in offoc,t: "Tlicro you arol Wh:it cnn yon do for us? It Cali rorulily bo ~indorstood t h a t tho mnnufncturcrs' rcpresentntiro kpcnly rcgrottcd tho necessity of Iinving to orplniii thnt it was iiiipossiblo to do anything n t all for a t Icast twclvo months. Within tho lnst two or thrco ycnrs iiicidciits of tho S:I~IIO kitid, though wrying mi rcgnrds tho inonoy vnlrio concerned hnvo be011 by no inonns iiifrcqucnt i n tho ccr:iin)ic iiidustry. l'his stnto of nffnirs could not, in tlic iinturc of thiiigs, last indefinitely, : i d 11s rcgnrds soino clnsscs of ceramic products ncw conditions Iinro nlrondg arisen. It will h rctiicliihrod t1i:it 0110 outstnndiiig conscquoiico of tlio groiit wnr w i s n n ciiorin~us dis-Iocntioii of interll:itioiial trade nnd conimcrce. Mnny things forlnerly obtnincd mostly from nbrond, niid wliich wcro inclridcd in tho category of nccc.ss:irics, lind to bo providod somehow in our own country. Tho tnnnufncturo of nrticlcs by pooplo with limited ospcriciicc-workers : i d