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114 REVIEWS OF BOOKS Th? Law and P?in?iples of Co.ope?,ation in India. By H. CALVERT, I.C.8. pp. vi, 142. Thseker, Spink & Co. Rs. 4. During roeen? years Indian co-operative literature has been gradually gaining in volume, ?he h?es? addition ?o i? being ?he volume under review. As ?he rifle i?self indicates, ?he book deals mainly wi?h ?he law of co-operation in India. In ?he brief In?roduefion of 21 pages, however, ?he author ?rsees ?he history of ?he co-operative movemen? in Indi? and explains ?he principles on which i? is based. He ?hen ?skes ?he Co-operative Societies Ao?, 1912, ?nd annotates i? section by section. The no?es are largely based on ?he Repor? of the Imperial Committee on Co-operation, Reports of ?he All-India Registrars' Conferences, Resolutions issued by ?he Oovernmen? of India and ?he su?hor's own personal experience. They refer also ?o ?he rules and practices of various European countries. These references, ?hough often prolix and .no? o! diroe? use ?o ?ho Indian co-operator, show him ?he hnes o! progress and ?he wsy ?o ?sekle new and unforeseen problems. The notes, on ?he o?her hand, are generally sonnd and full, und should prove of use ?o practical eo-ope'?s?ors and s?udents of co-operation. We shehid like ?o draw ?he s?enfion of our readers especially ?o ?he no?es on Sec. 43 in which Mr. Cslver? has summsrised under proper hesdings all ?he rules issued by ?he vsiious loom governments. Bu? ?hero are a few sections ?he wording o! which is ambiguous and which require fuller elucidation. In various sections (5, 12, 14, ?0, 21 and t2) we are ?old of s member's "in?eres?" in capital, "in?eres?" in ?he society, e?e. Bu?, no? even on p. 40, h?s Mr. Cslver? given ns s sufiieien? expla- nation of ?hese phrases. Again, Sees. I9 and 2t--two of ?he mos? difiieul? sections of ?he Ace---require fuller elucidation. The book is, on ?he whole, very esrefnlly written. B?sed as i? is on wide reading, sound judgmen? and se?uM personal experience, i? will be a mos? nseful vade met'urn for all practical co-operators in India. The Population Problem in India. By P. K. WATTAL, M.A. Indian Finance Department, Assistant Accountant-General, Bombay. Bombay: Bennett, Coleman & Co. 1916. pp. v, 8?. Price Re. 1. There can be no question but that the population problem is the most serious coonomic question now confronting reformers