iv Proceedings of the 
Society’s Premises and Property. 
It had been hoped that by the time this report came to 
be written the Council would have been able to announce their 
approval of a scheme for rebuilding the Society’s premises, but 
although the Building Committee has been busily engaged 
throughout the year no final decision has yet been reached. 
Plans for a new building in every way suited to the Society's 
requirements were prepared by Messrs. Sudlow and Ballardie, 
but after protracted enquiry it was found that the scheme was 
too ambitious and that it was impossible to make the necessary 
financial arrangements. New proposals are, therefore, now 
under consideration. It is biped that the Government of 
India will be abie to provide accommodation in one of the 
Government of India buildings in Caleutta during the period of 
rebuilding, 
Indian Museum. 
No presentations were made to the Indian Museum. 
The Director of the Zoological Survey of India was granted 
permission to send to the Victoria Museum, Karachi, “certain 
duplicate — from the ethnological collections belong- 
ing to the Soc 
During the year there has been no change in the Society’s 
Trusteeship, the Hon. Justice Sir Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya, 
Kt., C.S.1., D.Se., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E., F.A.S.B., continuing to 
be the Society’ 8 representative on the Board of Trustees under 
the Indian Museum Act X of 1910. 
Indian Science Congress. 
The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Indian Science Congress 
was held in the Medical College, Madras, from January 30th to 
February 4th, 1922, under the patronage of His Excellency 
the Rt. Honourable Baron Willingdon of Ratton, G.C.S.L., 
G.C.1LE., G.B.E., Governor of Madras. Mr. C. 8. Middlemiss, 
C.LE., F.R.S., was President. The ahaha a the scientific 
apers communicated to the naan are in the press and 
copies will shortly be sent to the 
t was arranged that the Tenth Annual Meeting of the 
Congress should be held in the Medical College, Lucknow, on 
January 8th to 13th, 1923. His Excellency Sir William 
Marris, K.C.S.I., K.C.1.E., Governor of the United Provinces, 
consented to be Patron. Sir M. Visvesvaraya, K.C.1.E., 
M.Inst., C.E., D.Se., was appointed President, and Dr. ii 
Simonsen: Ph.D., F.LC., F.A.S.B., and Professor C. V. 
Raman, M.A., D.Sc., pcnoresy General Secretaries. Profes- 
sor P. 8. MacMahon, M.Se., and Dr. Wali Muhammad, M.A., 
Ph.D., of the Lucknow Uuteorsity, were appointed Local 
