Recent Work of the Indian Marine Survey 1

Abstract

THE importance of the work intrusted to the Indian Marine Survey, alike from the point of view of the hydrographer, of the geologist, and of the zoologist, is so well known to all men of science that it would be mere waste of time to attempt to emphasise it on the present occasion. All the Reports that have from time to time been published by this Survey bear witness to the zeal and energy with which the work is carried on—frequently under circumstances of great difficulty—and to the capacity and accomplishments of the officers to whom it is entrusted. But it will be no reflection on previous documents of the same nature if we call attention to the special interest attaching to the one now before us, on account of the varied nature of the subjects on which it touches, the philosophical manner in which these are treated, and the problems presented by many of them.