(e) Banares Hindu University.-The Geological Faculty of this University has done good work since 1921; it has a fairly well- equipped museum and laboratory but the recent large increase in the number of students have sorely taxed these resources and much of the equipment stands in need of replenishment as well as replacement. The staff though able and enthusiastic, is small in proportion to the teaching demands made on it and their scale of remuneration needs considerable improvement. When provided with sufficient staff and equipment, the University should undertake instruction in geo-physics and start a research laboratory for radio-active work. These branches should be wholly financed by. the Government of India. Banares with its well-equipped physical and chemical laboratories and its scope for building expansion, etc., will provide a good centre for these branches of geology nowhere else taught in India.

Since the Geological Department of the University runs a well- conducted department of Mining and Metallurgy which has trained 172 Graduates in Metallurgy and 75 Graduates in Mining during the last 23 years, a case for additional subvention is further strengthened in the matter of building extensions, equipment in furnaces, testing machines, metallurgical microscopes, and X-ray apparatus.

(f) Muslim University, Aligarh.-This University has recently started a geological department, and has a well-organised Georgraphy department. A few geography graduates recruited to G.S.I. in 1941 as an experimental measure have, after the field instruction they have acquired, proved satisfactory. The main difficulty is in obtaining a suitable Professor to organism the geological department on the right lines and Government assistance may be accorded to this institution to start teaching of geology by deputing, if possible, a senior officer of the G.S.I. for a term of two years. We recommend that in view of the fact that this University is drawing students from all over the country a large subvention towards starting a well-equipped Geological Department may be made to this University.

(g) Fergusson College, Poona.-The Committee considers that this institution deserves special mention. This college (affiliated to Bombay University) teachers Geology up to M. Sc. standard and possesses a teaching staff and equipment which does credit to a private institution enlisting workers who are serving on a meagre honorarium, This college fills an urgent need as it is the only institution in Western India, teaching ecology upto the M. Sc. standard, and therefore, deserves assistance and encouragement. Government help should be accorded for purchasing more equipment and a sum of about Rs. 3,000 annually, earmarked for conducting field parties of B. Sc. and M.Sc. students to places of geological study and to the principal coal and metal mines.

5. Conclusion.-The Committee hopes that these recommendations if carried out will put Geological training in India on a sound footing and would supply men with requisite qualifications to meet all the requirements of the country in trained geologists.

6. Acknowledgement.-The Committee takes this opportunity to place on record its appreciation of the valuable help which it has received from Rai Bahadur A. C. Das, Deputy Secretary, land Rao Sahib R. K. Lakshmanan Assistant Secretary, of the Works, Mines and Power Department, but for which the Committee's task would have been more difficult.

P. PARIJA,-19-10-46.

D. N. WADIA,-19-10-46.

W. D. WEST,-