1919.] The Sixth Indian Science Congress. cei 
ore lower miocene in age. Rocks of this age have not previously been 
nan ceabtd definitely from any part of Ass 
Note on the marine fossils Serriabige by Mr. Pinfold in the 
Fae Hills.—By E. Vere 
a1 ll 
The Pino consist chiefly of gastropods an d 
cdidtliprene, the grea ad F pripots n amongst which are specifically 
determinable. Amongst the forms sufficient tly well, preserved for identi- 
cation, some represent species hitherto undescribed, while the ma- 
jority are specifically identical with shells characterizing the Prome beds 
of Burma, equivalent to pe j of Western India and “ lower miocene 
of Java. There is every reason to co het ay that the strata containing 
these fossils are contemporaneous with the Gaj of Western India, and 
therefore lower miocene in age. 
Section of Medical Research. 
President—LiEUTENANT-COLONEL W. GLEN Liston, 
C.I.E., M.D., D.P.H., 1.MS 
Presidential Address, 
‘The Next War.” Man versus INSECTS. 
I have much pleasure in welcoming you to this first meet- 
ing of the Medical Research Section of the Indian Science 
Congress. It is surely a good omen that this section of the 
Congress holds its inaugural meeting at the close of the Great 
War. Men’s minds and thoughts have been concentrated a 
four long years on devising means and methods of winning the 
war, Enormous sums of money have been spent in aitatins 
this end and countless lives have been sacrificed in the great 
full of schemes for reconstruction. Energy is now t 
away from creating appliances for destroying human life and 
is devoted to planning measures for conserving it. One war 
has ended but another has begun. Men have ceased to kill 
each other and are now taking cognisance of their common 
The last war was won after many painful failures ; success 
has only been attained after careful preparation and qua alifica - 
non for the task—a task which was at first greatly underesti- 
Let us hope that the lessons we have learned will fit 
us aay that Next War, which is the eee of my address to- 
azine’’ by Sir Harry Johnston in which he pleaded for a wider 
knowledge of the subject of Entomology. _ He drew attention 
to an 
din a book 
entitled “ Insects and Man” by Mr. Blond and he says, “‘ All 
