cil Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIV, 
oils from raw materials already growing in the country was also dealt | 
with and in lusion the question of synthetic volatile oils was discussed. 
Lectures. 
Three public lectures were delivered. : 
“Some simple Living Things; Parasitism and Disease.’— 4 
Agor F. Norman Watts, C.I.E., IMLS. q 
“ Aviation.” —By Lt.-Cou. G. M. Grirrira, R.A. 
“The Planetary System, Ancient and Modern.”—By DR 
D. N. Mati, B.A., F.R.S.E. 
ABSTRACT OF PAPERS COMMUNICATED TO THE 
CONGRESS. 
Section of Agriculture. 
President :—Dr. L. C. Conmman, Director of Agriculture, fe 
Mysore State “are 
(Presidential Address.) 
InpIaAN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. 
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The improvement of the staple crops of the cout od see 
selection and the organized distribution of the imptov®’ 
The reasons why these two lines of work have P 
tangible results so rapidly are fairly obvious. I 
