Advice 
in 
Xndi^* 
As I was a .momher 
of 
that Board frf:m 
its 
first 
year 
to 1912, ry opinion 
Ito soanty va1ue 
may 
be 
recorded 
hare: its annual report 
1© good; its 
half-yearly neeti ngs a dx^z only* Contact oetwean 
departments which might overlap, r.nd goodwill «nra the 
only reasonable Bienne for preventing overlapping* A beard 
•with * plenary authority is a clumsy pistol, which x 
suppose would be put into the toads of a Government 
Assistant Secretary to contort him in quandaries* Ihe 
Secretary to the Government of Inaia in the Department 
controlling the scientific ana industrial department© is 
the head of the Indian heard of Scientific Advice, »Md 
every member of the Board tos dire et »cce»& to him 
without using the Be^rd. 1 
lastly may 1 ft ay that there is n«. ruteon sfr^ 
two botanic departments in the ^©uiusul* as al 1 
am oencern&u. 
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