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LIKE the British Association, the Indian Science Congress Association meets annually, moving from one important centre to another ; this year the Association met in Calcutta for its thirtieth session. Mr. D. N. Wadia, owing to unforeseen circumstances, created a record by holding the office of general president for a second term. His address as general president during the first of these years was concerned chiefly with the geological origins of India (see NATURE, December 19, 1942, p. 725). His second address (see NATURE, May 15, p. 548) dealt with more general matters, only touching on the mineral resources of India. The president of the Section of Geology and Geography, however, Dr. J. A. Dunn, of the Geological Survey of India, gave an address on “Suggestions for the Future Development of India's Mineral Resources”(Proc. 30th Ind. Sci. Gong., Part II, Section IV, pp. 1-22; 1943). This is a subject of interest to all who have been concerned with Indian minerals, and one that has, therefore, been discussed previously on numerous occasions. Dr. Dunn has, however, devoted so much of his career in India to the survey and study in the field, as well as in the laboratory, of several of India's principal minerals, that his views must be of value.
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FERMOR, L. INDIA'S MINERAL RESOURCES. Nature 151, 689–690 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151689a0
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