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UEEMISTRY AND INDUSTRY 341 of tlic workpeople. Tlmt sort of occurrence must bc looked upon 8s soinetliing ii\ the \i& of " Acts of Providence " ; no one eiiii budget for them. But iiiucli of the ortlinnry fnctory dclny can bc prcvcntcd niitl disiippoirited customers avoided by orgniiisiiig tho oubput on tlie suggestctl lines, tlic nctitnl detnils of wliicli miist vary from plnce to plncc. CHEMISTRY AT THE INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS Collegc, Jlndras, n i i d oI ah. 1'. C. AIncJInlion, of tlic Cnnning Collegc, TJucknow. From a very niotlcst 1)cginning it liris now virtnnlly I)cconic the *' liritish Associrition " of I ndin, whcrc once n yciir scientists froin nll parts of the country g.nt,licr to nicct cncli othcr, t o rend papers and tnkc part 111 discussions, niiil wlierc popnlnr lectnrcs niid csciirsions are nrrniipcd for tlic iittraction nnd iiplift of tlic lily public. A consitlcriil~lc proportion of tdic nicnibcrship is dcrivctl froni tlic younger workers in tlic scientific professioiis, nnrl as t.hc provision of t~rnvelling cspcnscs (wliich in Tiitliii iirc nl\vnys n serious itcni) is, in ccrtiiiii cases, contingent upon rcntling ii pnpcr n t tlic Coiiprcss, t.licrc is, in tlic opinion of sonic, 11 dnngcr lest tlic coniniunic;it,ions iiiny I)c dist~ingi~isliccl rntlicr by nunibcr tlinii Iiy qunlity. \'liilc recognising such a possibility, n cnrcful scrutiny of tlic pnpcrs tliscloscs n grcat niiiount of good work, ant1 Iierc nnd tlierc rcscnrclics nrc rccorclcd of outstiinding iniportnncc Lot,li to tlic progrcss of scicncc and t o the economic wclfnrc of India. Tlic main v d u e of such gntlicriiigs mist, 110\vcvcr, nlwiys lio t o afford an opportunity for workcrs to foregatlicr n t leiist oncc n yciir, nnd for tlic youngcr gcncrnt,ion pnrticularly to liiive it.s outlook witlcnctl 113' contiict with those of greatcr cspcrience. In t,lic present, note nttcnt.ion is conlined to iniitters of chciiiiciil interest, but it niay IJC nicntioncd tlint tlic Congress met undcr t,lic pntroniigc of Sir Jlalcolni Hnilcy, Uowmor of tlic Unitcd Provinces, tlint the I'rcsidcnt was Col. S. H. Cliristoplicr, P.'Lt.S., a dist.iiiguisliet1 incnibcr of tlic Indinii Sctlicnl Scrvicc and Director of the Ccntral l~cscnrcl~ lnstitutc, Knsauli, and thiit tlicrc arc nine sections, inclutling, in nddition to the customnry Lriiuclics of scicncc, tliosc dcaliiig with iiicdicnl and vctcrinnry rcscnrcli, nnthropology, auil Thc l'rcsiclent of t h e Scctioii of Clicmistry was Prof.
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