On the Measures Required for the Efficient Working of the India Museum and Library with Suggestions for the Foundation, in Connection with Them, of an Indian Institute for Enquiry, Lecture, and Teaching (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...may now be done for effecting so desirable an object. Several other catalogues of groups existing in the natural history section of the India Office Museum are likewise wanted. As regards fishes, the materials here are very scanty, but Dr. Day, as Superintendent of the Fisheries of India, is engaged on a work on the fishes of India, of which he has got together a large collection. With regard to other productions, the only group in the Museum for which as yet an efficient analytical account exists is that of the textiles, to which the work on Textile Manufactures, published in 1866, refers. The materials for the produc (9885.) E tion of a series of illustrated works, which would also act as catalogues raisonne's to the Museum collections, have, however, been accumulated, and are awaiting a favourable opportunity for having proposals submitted for turning them to account. Among publications promoting the utilization of the collections may be mentioned the index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other Eastern economic plants and products, as also a products-list, giving the scientific and native synonyms of upwards of 7,000 Indian products. In addition to the cataloguing work done at the India Office, mention must be made of the "Flora Indica," which is in course of preparation under Dr. Hooker's direction at Kew. 2. Condition In India. Calcutta Museum.--The following is a list of the catalogues of the collections of the Asiatic Society, published before the commencement of the arrangements for their transference to the new building, which is expected to take place in the course of the next two years: --1. Catalogue of birds and mammals of Bengal, by E. Blyth, 1849 and 1853. 2. Catalogue of reptiles, by W. Theobald, 1868. 3. Catalogue ...