Ninth Meeting, Friday Evening, 

 February 3rd, 1911 



I.yman Lee, B.A., President, in the chair. 



. Present, the Executive Council and an audience of 

 over 100. 



Minutes of previous meeting confirmed. 



Two' applicatione were presented and passed on toi next 

 meeting for election. 



The business being completed, Mr. J. F. Ballard, Vice- 

 President, took the chair, and in a few well-chosen words 

 introduced the President, Mr. Lyman Lee, B.A., as the 

 lecturer of the evening, his subject being British India. 



In his paper, Mr. Lee dealt at some length with the 

 topography of the country and gave sm interesting and in- 

 structive description of the voiious states and provinces. 

 Ho stated that the por-tion under Bi'iti&h rule covered about 

 1,835,000 square miles and had a population of about 

 294,000,000, or al>wt a fifth of mankind. This, he said, 

 was equal in population and area to Europe, with the ex- 

 ception of Ptussia. A brief review of what had been done 

 for the country by British rule was given and the speaker 

 pointed out that as in all other places, with the exception 

 of one incident on this continent, about 125 years ago, it 

 had proved beneficial. He told of the progress made in the 

 country by the introduction of industries and irrigation, 

 which had done much tO' lessen, the famines which had in 

 ages past devastated the counti'y. 



Mr. Lee dealt interestingly with the people of the 

 country and told of their customs and habits, and their 

 peculiar characteristicB. 



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