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different pills and is experimenting on 40 others. The Faculty of Science has arranged two courses for school teachers to provide them with more information on physics and chemistry and opened a new depart- ment on meteorology. The faculty is also conducting research on fauna and flora in Afghanistan under the supervision of a French professor. The latest development in the Faculty of Science has been the establishment of the Afghan Atomic Energy Commission to study the necessity for education on atomic energy and the possibilities of utilising atomic energy for industry and agriculture. This commission is entrusted with the task of making recommendations to the government on matters relating to Mr. Mohammed Asghar. Chancellor of Kabul University, cutting the ribbon to open the capital's tablet-making laboratory. Medicine has printed ten papers written by various professors. The blood bank sponsored by the Faculty of Medicine has collected and donated more blood during the fourth year of the Plan and many benefactors have made donations to the bank. The Aliabad 500-bed hospital has been equipped with up-to-date equipment. During the first part of the fourth year of the Plan, 6,014 people were hospitalised and treated. 3,600 were operated upon and 7,150 ccs. of blood were transfused. The 200-bed women's hospital was also supplied with modern equipment. The general clinics of Kabul University treated 255,882 men and women, hos- pitalised 7,402 people and supplied 18,036 patients with medicine during the first part of the fourth year. The most important step taken in the field of pharmacology has been the importation and installation of equipment for a complete pharmaceutical plant which supplies all the hospitals in the country thus saving a lot of foreign exchange. The plant has so far manufactured 26 Students of the fourth grade of the Faculty of Medicine in their class room. The Faculty of Science has a modern building equipped with all facilities. 23