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condensation products, which possess interesting tinctorial and 
flourescent properties, similar to the corresponding flouresceious, Eosius 
and Rhodamines obtained from phthalic anhydride, anphthalic tebe 
or quinolinic anhydride. A good number of such condensation products 
have been aeaueibed. 
The study of iodine absorption of certain Indian vegetable 
oils.— B . Yassik and M. Ras 
1 Ae mparative — of the iodine sade of peal Indian wie, 
table oils was ied on by four different methods, viz. Hubl, Wijs 
Hanus, gear Winkler’s Seocisee Bromide method. 
2. Iodine number of certain Tidiea oils such as neem oil, soap nut 
oil, sukhehain oil, bes, have not been studied previously, was deter- 
mined for the first tim 
py ae on the constitution of longifolene —By J. L. 
SIMON 
Experiments which have been made with the object of elucidating 
the eonatitatlis of the sesquiterpene, longifolene, were described. 
The constituents of some Indian essential oils—By J. L. 
SIMONSEN 
The constituents of the following oils have been determined: fro 
resins ee Pinus khassya and Pinus excelsa, from the leaves of Abies 
ebbiana, from io seeds of two species be Xanthoxyllum. 
Note on some new oils and fats.—By M. Gopat Rav. 
The oils (or fats) ae the following seeds have been e mined in 
detail: Mimusops elengi. Garcinia cambogia, Payena jleijere, ‘Chlorolesry- 
lon sweetania, Calophiniains wightiana. The acids obtained on hydrolysis 
of the oils were separated and identified. 
Section of Zoology. 
President :—Dr. N. ANNANDALE. F.A.S.B. 
Presidental Address. 
Eruics orf ZooLoey. 
‘‘His majesty has taught men eae ing new and 
practical and has made an exce \ 
the animal, guards the stores, teaches equity, reveals the 
excellent, and stimulates the lazy man.’ (Blochmann’s 
Ain-i-Akbari, Vol. I, p. 217. 
Let us constitute — humble followers of Akbar and 
strive to find a rule that will at once protect t the animal, 
guard the stores of zoological lea arning, maintain 2 opal 
_ between zoologists and stimulate the excellent, if not the lazy 
-man to sound zoological research. 
