xcii Proceedings of the Asiat. Soc. of Bengal. [May, 1914. 



accord a most cordial welcome to each and every one of our 

 members and guests and declare this Congress open. 



List of Papers. 



Chemistry . 



The Hot Springs of India. By C. Schulten. 



Contribution to our Knowledge of the Element Boron Bv 

 W. M. Travers 



Contribution to our Knowledge of the Chemistry of Santa- 

 Jin. By J. C. Cain and J. L. Simmonsen. 



The action of Nitric Oxide on Metallic Peroxides. By 

 B. C. Dutt. 



An Improved Method of using Oil ( ias. By K. S. Caldwell. 



The Action of light on Silver Chloride. By Prof. MacMahon. 



An Attempt to apply Newton's Law of Universal Attraction 



to explain some important facts newly observed (by 



Author) in Physical Chemistry. A Contribution to our 



present Knowledge of Chemical Affinity. By M. N. 

 Banerjee. 



A note on Magnesium Boride and Amorphous Carbon. 



By R. C. Roy. 



Physics. 



The Thermal Value of Sunlight in Northern India. By 

 J. Hector Barnes. 



Modification of the Sensitive Quadrant Electrometers, and 

 Measurement of Atmospheric Electricity at Patna. By 

 Prof. V. H. Jackson. 



Experiments on the Interference and Diffraction of Light 

 at Oblique Incidences. By C. V. Raman. 



Investigations of the Maintenance of Vibration. By C. V. - 

 Raman. 



The Dynamical Theory of Diffraction. By D N. Mallik. 

 Optical Theories : a brief survey. By D. N. Mallik. 

 Ihe Basis of Seasonal Forecasting. By G. T. Walker. 



Zoology. 



A short account of the Cestoda of British India. By T. 

 Southwell. J 



Hilsa Cultivation in Bengal. By T. Southwell. 

 Convergence in Aquatic Animals. By N. Annandale. 

 -Medical Enthomology : its Scope and Economic Aspects. 

 By Capt. W. S. Patton, I.M.S. 



Ivf,^ Dl3tlibut ion of the Tibetan Stag (Cervus 

 Wallichii). By Lt.-Col. J. Manners Smith. 



indo-Australian Passalid Beetles and their Distribution. 

 By F. H. Gravely. 



