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 BOMBAY 691 lhs work. This would cost a good deal, and it would bs difficult to finance the inquiry. Th Hon'bl M'. Lallubhai $amaldas hers intsrjsetsd that hs had alrssdy said ha hs would bs rssponsibls [or find- ing whatsvat fuuds wars uoeessary. Paov. ssoa Buavv Hvasv in eouinuaiou dssl wih hs association of college students of sconemice classes with such au inquiry which he would recommend. Students could do such work satisfactorily during their vacations. Da. GIL*.aT 8LiTEa said that the University of Madras was endeavoring to interest undergraduate students in simple forms of seenernie inquiry, and also provided some research studentships for graduates in economies. The point of the paper was the desirability of securing co-operation between Government and prsfsssional economists. Hs believed that it was still necessary for the academic training of the universities to win its spurs; and to convines the various Indian Governments that students wars being turned out who wars out for truth and nothing. but the truth, and com- petent to undertake ussdeal inquiries. Thsu the governments would soon bs glad to make uss of them. PROF,ssoa K. V. RANGAsWAMI AIYANGAB said that a general criticism by non.officials of the careful and dsailsd inquiries of Government officers aftmr they had bssu eom. plated would not bs Warranted. It was his wish that an arrangement might bs macIs to associate the seedstoic spirit of inquiry with the technical skill and purpose of Govern. msut officials, and to SheOUtage students iu exact economic mqutnss. . D. HAOLX)Mss said hs his own experlanes was hs it ws advantageous to make seenernie inquiries in com- pletely non.official manner. Hs had found that the attitude of the people was quits different whsu hs wsut to make inquiries in company of a settlement officer and when hs went alone. IROFESSOR PER/Y ANSTEY also supported the view that it was not desirable for non-official inquirers to be associated ith the investigations undertaken for a specific purpose of (ovsrnment like a settlement. PnoFv. ssoa B. G. Sipas (of Peons) also spoke. PaoFxssoa KALV. replied that Mr. Keatiugs has misuudsr- atood him. Iu his paper the settlement report of Kauara