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Jeans, F.R.S., to take Lord Rutherford's place in the chair, and fortunately 

 for both bodies he was able to do so at short notice. 



The Indian Association presented to the British Association lists of 

 scientific representatives whose presence was specially desired. The 

 Council of the British Association appointed a Committee to supervise 

 invitations and arrangements generally, and under the direction of that 

 Committee the General Secretaries issued invitations to persons named 

 as above by the Indian Association, to members of the British Association 

 who had occupied sectional chairs or other high offices, and to certain 

 others whose attendance was desirable in order to assure proper repre- 

 sentation of departments of Science specially appropriate to India. The 

 Indian Association itself issued direct a limited number of invitations, 

 principally to representatives from European countries. The number 

 of invited delegates who accepted invitations was 65, and with the addition 

 of relatives of some of these and certain other members the total number 

 of the visiting party was loi. 



The Indian Science Congress Association placed at the disposal of the 

 British Association a sum of £2,125, including a grant from the Govern- 

 ment of India and contributions from other sources. The British Associa- 

 tion collected from institutions, firms, and individuals in Great Britain 

 a sum of £i,2S^ lis., and made a contribution from its own funds. 

 Grants in aid of travelling expenses were made to invited delegates (with 

 some few exceptions), amounting in total to ^4,590. Particulars of the 

 Delegation Account are included in the General Treasurer's Report for 

 1937-38. The President travelled as the guest of the Indian Science 

 Congress Association. The same Association appointed at its own charge 

 a tour manager for the official journey of the visiting party in India. 



Of the party of loi members, all except eleven either left England by 

 the P. & O. Company's steamer Cathay on November 26, 1937, or joined 

 her at Marseilles after leaving England at the beginning of December 

 and travelling overland. They reached Bombay early on December 17. 

 Here one of the delegates. Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S., who had been in 

 poor health, was advised not to continue the journey. He remained in 

 hospital at Bombay for a short time, and then returned to England, but 

 died shortly after reaching home (Jan. 12), to the deep regret of his 

 colleagues in the delegation. 



On landing at Bombay the party was received on the lawn adjacent to 

 Ballard Pier by Mr. V. N. Chandavarkar, Vice-Chancellor of the Univer- 

 sity, Rao Bahadur T. S. Venkataraman, retiring President of the Indian 

 Science Congress Association, Professor J. N. Mukherjee and other 

 representatives. The local reception committee entertained the party 

 to dinner on December 17 at the Willingdon Club, and to luncheon on 

 December 18 at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Opportunities were afforded for 

 visiting departments of the University, St. Xavier's College, the Royal 

 Insititute of Science, the Grant Medical College, the Haffkine Institute, 

 and other institutions, and also for seeing something of the many points 

 of interest in the city and its neighbourhood. Lectures or short addresses 

 were given by Sir James Jeans, F.R.S., Prof. F. A. E. Crew (two). Dr. F. W. 

 Aston, F.R.S., Dr. C. S. Myers, C.B.E., F.R.S. (two). Dr. C. G. Darwin, 

 F.R.S., Prof. R. A. Fisher, F.R.S., Mr. H. J. E. Peake, and Prof. H. J. 



