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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH INDIAN 
SCIENCE CONGRESS. 
The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Indian Science Congress 
was held in Madras from January 30th to February 4th. After 
the Patron, His Excellency Lord Willingdon, G.C 8.1., G.C.1E., 
.B.E., Governor of Madras, had welcomed the visitors in a 
short speech, the President, C. S. Middlemiss, Esq., C.I.E., 
B.A., F.A.S.B., F R.S., delivered his address. 
Presidential Address. 
I am afraid my appearance in the role of President must 
be rather disappointing to many of you: you wou ave 
been much more gratified had Sir Thomas Holland been able 
to keep his appointment by presiding over our counsels in this 
place, as was originally arranged. Unfortunately Sir Thomas 
has left the country, and India and the Science Congress, I 
need hardly say, are the poorer thereby. I am sure my audi- 
ence will unite with me in deploring the turn of events that 
has robbed us of his guiding presence to-day. 
hen in a moment of weakness I accepted the invitation 
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