CLUB NOTICES

I. Addresses

All communications for the Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer should be addressed as under:

Honorary Secretary/Treasurer,
c/o Officers' Library, General Staff, New Delhi,
G.H.Q,., A.P.O.

Books presented to the Library, including those sent for review, and all communications to the Honorary Librarian, should be sent to:

Hon. Librarian, Himalayan Club,
c/o Officers' Library, General Staff, New Delhi,
G.H.Q,., A.P.O.

Communications for the Honorary Editor and papers for the Himalayan Journal should be addressed to:

II. Appointments

The following are elected officers of the Club from 1st April 1946 to 31st March 1947. President: M. W. Yeatts. Vice-Presidents: J. B. Morrison. C. R. Cooke. Hon. Secretary: Major A. F. Clark. Hon. Asst. Secretary: A. Percy-Lancaster. Hon. Treasurer: J. B. Shearer. Hon. Editor: C. W. F. Noyce. Hon. Asst. Editor: Mrs. H. P. V. Townend. Hon. Librarian: Major C. H. Hooper.

Committee: Lt.-Col. J. B. Angwin, L. R. Fawcus, Miss B. N. Joly, P. Mason, Brig. G. H. Osmaston, Maj.-Gen. J. G. Bruce, Major J. R. Foy, G. B. Gourlay, Sir Alan Lloyd, J. S. H. Shattock.

Additional Members of Balloting Committee: J. G. Acheson, Maj.-Gen. D. Beanland, T. A. Schinzel,H. Lall, C. I.Turcan, C. Crawford, N. F. Frome, S. S. Khera, Major J. O. M. Roberts, K. L. H. Wadley.

Equipment Officers: Central Section: Major P. L. Wood; Eastern Section: C. Crawford.

The following are addresses of Honorary Local Secretaries of the Club for the year 1st April 1946 to 31st March 1947:

Eastern Section: L. R. Fawcus, Hon. Secretary, Eastern Section, Himalayan Club, c/o Geological Survey of India, Chowringee, Calcutta.

Sikkim: Mrs. A. J. Dash, Kenmure Point, Darjeeling.

Kashmir: F. Betterton, Esq., c/o Postmaster, Srinagar, Kashmir.

Garwhal: Mrs. A. E. Browne, Bothwell Bank, Ranikhet, U.P.

Kulu: Major H. M. Banon, Sunshine Orchards, Manali, Kulu.

Chamba: J. Slattery, Esq., ‘Snow View', Chamba.

IV. Equipment

A list of the equipment available for use in the Western Himalayas was given after the list of members for 1946, and will not be reprinted here.

Application should be made for its use to Major P. L. Wood, R.E., G.S.I.S., Imperial Records Building, Queensway, New Delhi. For the Eastern Section equipment, application should be made to C. Crawford, Esq., I.C.I., 18 Strand Road, Calcutta.

Climbing nails can be obtained from the Equipment Officer, New Delhi, at Rsi.4 per dozen. Triconni No. 1 and Clinker types are available.

It was decided at the Annual General Meeting to form an Equipment Committee consisting of the following: Brigadier G. H. Osmaston, Lt.-Col. A. Gardiner, Major P. L. Wood, A. Percy- Lancaster, The Hon. Assistant Secretary, a nominee of the Eastern Section. This committee will be responsible for maintaining equipment, studying latest developments in equipment (such as rubber nailed boots), &c.

V. Back Numbers of the Himalayan Journal

The back numbers of the Journal from vol. v onward, which had been held by the Clarendon Press, have now been transferred to Messrs. B. H. Blackwell of Oxford. Members -India should apply direct to Messrs. Blackwell, who will charge 6s. per copy. Members in India apply to the Hon. Librarian, and receive copies on payment of RS4 each from the stock held in India. Non-members apply direct to Messrs. Blackwell and pay 8s. per copy. The supply is limited and is disappearing fast. Members wishing to make up sets are advised to apply as early as possible.

VI. Information on Expeditions

The following notice is issued by the President to all members of the Club:

HIMALAYAN CLUB.

1. Now that the War is over, we want to bring the Journal to its former standard and to provide a constant flow of material for it and for the information side of the Club generally. We are constantly being asked for information on this or that particular territory, route, &c. If members send, as a matter of course, a skeleton report of every climb, exploration, or trek, these reports could be card-indexed and built up into an invaluable source of experience and information. If any report seemed to offer particular interest as immediate material for the Journal, the author would be asked to expand it into an article.
2. The skeleton should cover the following points:
   
   1. Date and time of departure.
   2. Diary, mentioning weather conditions.
   3. Date and point of termination.
   4. Equipment—comments.
   5. Provisions, distinguishing:
      

      (i)what can be got on the routes;

      (ii)at centres near the routes;

      (ii)brought in from outside.

   6. Porters, local coolies, pack transport.
   7. Approximate cost under appropriate heads.
   8. Specialist notes (e.g. on flora, fauna, geology), maps, route reports can be inserted either in the diary or as a separate topi« ,
3. Purely routine or picnic treks need not be reported, but any unusual conditions should be noted, e.g. exceptional weather.
4. All reports should be addressed to the Hon. Secretary.

In this connexion, an extremely interesting and detailed report has been received from Sgt. J. R. Ewer, on an expedition undertaken up the Talung valley towards Kangchenjunga in Mareh/April I945. The party very nearly reached the Talung glacier, by way of Be and Sakyong, cutting their way up the last part of the valley. It has been thought best not to attempt to print parts of this report, but to hold it available for use of members considering expeditions in this direction. It is another indication of what can be done by a small, enterprising party in a short time.

VII. The Accident on the Zemu Glacier

It is not known at the time of going to press exactly how Captain Langton Smith and his party lost their lives, in the big early storm of 20th-23rd October 1945, either on the Zemu-glacier or the Sugar-loaf. A search party going out this summer (1946) will, it is hoped, bring back information which should be available for the next number.

At the Central Committee meeting in New Delhi on 17th May 1946 the question of compensation to the dependents of the sirdar (Lobsang) and porters was discussed.

VIII. The Himalayan Journal

Where in the present number the spellings of names conforms to a recognized map spelling, contributors have been allowed to follow their fancy. (Kanchenjau, for instance, has a variety of artistic forms.) As much licence as seemed reasonable has been allowed with other words.

For the real defects and omissions in this number there is nothing for it but to apologize in advance, and hope for better in the next. Ignari qui peccant.

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