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ABSTRACT WE much regret that the reference to the Calcutta munitions case in last week's NATURE, p. 160, did not accurately represent Sir Thomas Holland's position in the matter.

It was Sir Thomas Holland himself who, acting on the highest motives and after consultation with two members of the Viceroy's Council, ordered the withdrawal of the prosecution, but

when all the facts are published we believe that the real reason for his action will reveal more than the stated reason as to the harm that might be done to Indian industrial development if

it succeéded. As the Government of India could not support the view publicly stated, Sir Thomas Holland's resignation of the post of Minister of Industries naturally folldwed. Later,

however, it was officially announced that the prosecution would not be proceeded with because “widespread commercial and industrial interests would be seriously affected,” though when the

Advocate-General withdrew from the case on August 6 he declared that all the charges could be proved. This decision seems, therefore, to support Sir Thomas Holland's action; and,

notwithstanding the suggestion that the Minister of Industries should have received legal training, his reputation as a scientific administrator is safe with all who realise what the

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