xxii Annual Report. [February, 1911. 
ray in the Ganges, by Dr. Annandale and Mr. Chaudhuri; 
and (xvi) The Harwigs of India, by Dr. Annandale. 
Botany :—(xvii) On the pollination of flowers by wnsects 
in the Central Provinces, and (xviii) On the spreading of an ™m- 
troduced Croton in Assam, by Mr urkill. 
GroLtocy AND MINERALOGY :—(xix and xx) two papers on 
i) 
nell, first Surveyor-General of India, edited by Mr, La Touche ; 
_ Mernorotoey :—(xxvii) A discussion of the Correlations — 
of area of matured crops and the rainfall, by Mr. 8. M. Jacob. 
Three of these have been published in the Memoirs, four 
in the Proceedings, and the remainder in the Journal. 
e first-mentioned report, that on a Standard Tempera 
ture, being of the very greatest importance, the Council has 
taken measures to bring it before the International Association 
of Academies in the hope that scientists not only in India but 
throughout the tropics may agree to work together on the same 
lines, which will be a working together to the greatest advantage. 
Briihl; to him and to Mr. Hooper, who has been the Secre 
of the Committee subsequently formed, very many thanks 
Mr. Jacob’s paper on Crops and Rainfall is an important 
contribution to a subject of great interest. The author calot 
bable Kharif crop by about 9 and that each additional inch | 
of rain in the other half of the year increases the Rabi crop 
Y ist’ 
__ Important are the geographic papers which the Society 
published, dealing with changes in the river courses of 
Man plays with big stakes when he tries to restrain a large 
river, and the results are of proportionate interest. 
Le 
Anthropology. : 
Few anthropological papers have been published during 
year, but it has proved possible to maintain a somew” 
higher stendard than was sometimes the case in the pas 
ie ee that no support has been given 
