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Section of the Indian Museum show that a good deal of zoolo- 

 gical research work is already being done by the staff of the 

 Section. The Museum has an excellent library and new com- 

 pletely equipped laboratories. It also contains and preserves 

 comprehensive zoological collections both from India and from 

 other countries in Asia and issues two series of publications, 

 viz., " Records of the Indian Museum " and " Memoirs of the 

 Indian Museum " in which is embodied the zoological work 

 already accomplished. It also provides facilities for students of 

 superior scientific status to work at advanced zoology. 

 [h) The scheme regarding the Zoological Survey entails the breaking 

 up of the organisation now known as the Zoological and An- 

 tlu-opological Section of the Indian Museum into two parts, one 

 of which will become a Government Department under the title of 

 the Zoological Survey of India and will be primarily concerned 

 with zoological investigation and exercise such advisory func- 

 tions as may be assigned to it by Government, while the other 

 part will remain as the office of the Trustees of the Indian 

 Museum and will be organised for the present on the lines 

 laid down in the existing bye-laws of the Museum. One effect 

 of the proposals will be that the Zoological and Anthropological 

 Section will be brought into line with the Geological, Archaeological 

 and Industrial Sections which are in the charge of the Director 

 of the Geological Survey of India, the Director General of 

 Archaeology in India and the Director of the Botanical Survey 

 of India respectively. 



(c) The whole of the staff, office establishment and menials of the 

 Zoological and Anthropological Section of the Museum with the 

 exception of those employes of the Section who are engaged 

 solely in connection with the maintenance of discipline, cleanli- 

 ness, etc., in the Museum as a whole and the chaprasis em- 

 ployed by the Trustees, will be transferred to the Zoological 

 Survey. The Superintendent of the present Zoological and An- 

 thropological Section will become the Director of the Zoological 

 Survey with his headquarters at the Indian Museum. He will, 

 however, continue to be ex-officio Secretary to the Trustees but 

 the Government of India do not consider it desirable to lay 

 down the condition that this combination of posts shall con- 

 tinue indefinitely, provided that if a separate Secretary is at 

 any time appointed no increased cost to Government is thereby 

 involved. He will also continue for the present to perform the 

 duties of Superintendent of the Indian Museum. The Director 

 of the Zoological Survey will be regarded for the purposes of 

 the Indian Museum Act as Superintendent of the Zoological and 

 Anthropological Section of the Museum. 



The superior staff of the Zoological Survey wUl be as follows : — 



1 Director, Zoological Survey of India. The first Director will be 

 Dr. Annandale, B.A., D.Sc, C.M.Z.S., F.L.S., F.A.S.B., the 

 present Superintendent of the Zoological and Anthropological 

 Section. 



1 Superintendent, Zoological Survey of India. 



2 Assistant Superintendents, Zoological Survey of India. 



Besides the above, the Surgeon Natiu-alist to the Indian Marine 

 Survey will be considered an officer of the Zoological Siorvey 

 and be styled ex-officio Assistant Superintendent of the Survey. 

 He wUl carry out his work in direct connection with the 

 Zoological Survey, but he will be liable to military duty in 

 case of emergency and will be subject to n^^y^i discipline 

 while on board the " Investigator." 



