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THE recent decision of the Government of India to establish a School of Mining and Geology at Dhanbaid follows the recommendations of Sir Duncan McPherson's Committee of 1913–14 on mining education, of the expert Committee which examined the system of mining education in England in 1914–15, and of the Indian Industrial Commission of 1916–18. The site of the proposed school has caused some difference of opinion in the past. Thus the Calcutta University Commission enumerated the many advantages which Calcutta was believed to possess, but in finally deciding on Dhanbaid the Government of India has followed the recommendations of the three Committees, and come to a conclusion with which those who know local conditions best will cordially agree. Dhanbaid enjoys an excellent situation, and return visits to the coal-mines will occupy onlv a few hours; from Calcutta they would take at least thirty-six hours.
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B., J. The Indian School of Mining and Geology. Nature 106, 454–455 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106454b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/106454b0