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 454 INDIAN ECONOMI A$$O6'I, i lPlON of economics but by many experts whose names are familiar in circles of business and finance in Indi The objects o! the Indian Economic Association are academic, and include (a) the holding of Annual Confer- ences; (b) the publication of the proceedings of the Annual Conferences; () the publication of a Journal and its bee issue to members; to promote economic science and economic information as may For the present year, while (d) such other action the dissemination of be deemed advisabla the Association is still arranging to have an organ of its own, the proceedings are published in the Indian The present volume 'contains, therefore, nearly the papers read. at the Conference whilst at the end of this volume proceedings of the Conference. printed in is a record of Journal o! Economies. full, the There are already local and provincial associations for the study of economic problems and their undoubted utility can be increased by co-ordination of work Arranem,ents will, therefore, be made by the Committee of the Indian Economic Association for cordial co-operation' with these local bodies as well as with all' Indian Associations having cognate aims. The Annual Conferences will be held each year during the Christmas holidays at a different Indian centre of business and education, and at these Conferences a number of papers on the economic problems of the day will be read and discussed. On the invitation of the University of Madras, the next Conference is to be held at Madras. The membership of the Association will be open t teachers and students of economics as well as to other )rsons interested in economics in general or in special economic problems. The annual contribution 'from members is fixed at Rs. 12 per annum and this entitles members to attend Conferences and to receive