THE FIFTH INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS, 
LAHORE, JANUARY 1918. 
The Fifth Indian Science Congress was held in Lahore on 
January 9th, 10th; 11th, and 12th, 1918, under the presidency of 
Dr. Gilbert T. Walker, C.S.I., M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S. The meet- 
ing was attended by about 300 members and over 100 
papers were communicated, abstracts of which are given below. 
he Patron of the Congress, H.H. Sir Michael O’Dwyer, 
G.C.LE., K.C.S8.1., was present at the opening meeting and 
welcomed the visitors in a short speech. 
Presidential Address. 
By Gipmrt T. Waker, C.S.1., M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S. 
Your Honour, Laprms aNp GENTLEMEN, 
3 The visit of the Science Congress to Lahore at this its 
Fifth Meeting is to my mind appropriate, not merely in view of 
the importance of the engineering, agricultural, educational, 
and sanitary questions that arise in the Punjab, but also 
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His reputation for strength, ability, and devotion to duty was 
the only member of the Imperial Executive Council during the 
past twenty years with a scientific training; and that his 
knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry was more 
two of our most prominent members, both of whom were to have 
Presided over their Sections at this meeting. Dr. E.G. Hill was 
Ed ted at Leeds and Magdalen College, Oxford, joining the 
M. “cational Service in 1895 as Professor of Chemistry at the 
of th College, Allahabad. Shortly afterwards he became Dean 
of his Science Faculty, and in 1913 he was appointed Principal 
ona College. He contributed a number of original papers 
and variety of chemical subjects, was interested in meteorology, 
Het ie an early date saw the need of giving his pupils such a 
tide of a8 would fit them to take up the commercial ap - 
five chemistry. He died on 28th June at the age of forty- 
Uni Professor J. H. Barnes was educated at the Birmingham 
Punjab i; and in 1906 was made Agricultural Chemist to the 
4», being appointed Principal of the Lyallpur College two 
