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men who teach physics on its qualitative or experimental side 
this condition is universally accepted, but if it is to be taught 
on the quantitative side this is just as necessary. To attempt 
to shuffle out of the obligation by re-labelling the subject 
as applied mathematics is dishonest: and it has not even the 
merit of being good policy. For it gives you a man whos 
natural field for research work is barred to him: he is not 
familiar enough with ‘current experimental work to apply 
mathematical methods to it. 
It would be idle to contend that the initial cost of efficiency 
will not be large; but the importance of the issue is enormous, 
and there can be no doubt that the expenditure would ulti- 
mately be remunerative. Let us consider wheat-growing as al 
example. Before the war an acre of wheat in England yielded 
about twenty-three maunds, but in India about eight maunds. 
In view of recent research work, however, it would appear not 
impossible to improve the Indian yield by two maunds an acté, 
after which it would still not be half what is obtained @ 
England: But the value of each additional maund an be 
great ; but in the Sandwich Islands they obtain oo 
tons of sugar an acre—something like twenty times as MUO” 
. I i ‘ Fi ail 
way the revenues from the forests of India which at present - 
average only 14 annas an acre are worth fifty tm 
a 
may occur to those of you who are interested ples 
general problems of administration, that while the expe™ 
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