iv Annual Report. [February, 1920. 
The Society has received from the Land Acquisition Col- 
lector a notice asking it to submit a claim in connection with 
the acquirement of a portion of the Society’s land under the 
Land Acquisition Act, and the Council appointed Messrs. Pugh 
& Co., solicitors, to conduct the proceedings. Messrs. Pugh 
& Co. have put in a claim for compensation of Rs. 1,84,500. 
Indian Museum, 
No presentations were made to the Indian Museum. 
The Director of the Zoological Survey of India was granted 
permission to destroy worthless specimens belonging to the 
Society which, by reason of their bad condition, had ceased to 
possess any scientific value. 
The Hon’ble Justice Sir Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya, Kt., 
C.S8.I., D.Sc., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E., was re-appointed by the 
Council to represent the Society on the Board of Trustees 
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under the Indian Museum Act X of 1910 
Indian Science Congress, 
The Sixth Indian Science Congress was held in Bombay on 
January 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th, 1919, under the 
presidency of Lieut-Col. Sir Leonard Rogers, Kt., C.I.E., M.D., 
BSc., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.B.S., F.A.S.B., I.M.S. The meet- 
ings were attended by over 400 members, the scientific papers 
communicated totalling 118. Abstracts of these have been 
published in our Proceedings, Vol. XV, 1919, pages Ixxvii 
It was arranged that the Seventh Indian Science Congress 
should be held at Nagpur on January 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 
16th and 17th, 1920. His Honour Sir Benjamin Robertson 
K.C.8.1, K.C.M.G., C.LE., LL.D., I.C.S., Chief Commissioner, 
Central Provinces, consented to be Patron, and Sir P. ©. Ray, 
D.Sc., Ph.D., F 
duty the five meetings of the Indian Science Congress to be held 
in 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924, respectively. 
Meetings, 
There were no General Meetings of the Society during the 
months of January and August 1919, owing toa quorum not be- 
ing present. There was no meeting in the recess month of 
October 1919. 
