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to the notice of the scientific world and the present partial and un- 

 avoidable neglect of Indian publications will consequently no longer be 

 possible. In fact, as far as the scientific world is concerned, work 

 published in India will now receive, as it should do, exactly the same 

 notice as it would if published by a leading society in Europe. 



The assistance wliich the Committee ask of authors of papers 

 coming within tlic scope of the catalogue is the preparation of a " pri- 

 mary slip" for each jiaper, prepared as already indicated and in a form 

 similar to the two samples given above. 



It is important to observe that what is required is not an index t» 

 the paper or book, but an index to the subjects treated, and the entries 

 for these should be as brief and as few as is consistent with the scope 

 of the paper. The author is not asked to enter the registration letters 

 and numbers ; that will be done by the Bureau, but he is requested to 

 make the subject-entries, and these should only be prepared for subjects 

 which are so treated as to contain an addition or alteration to existing 

 knowledge ; subjects referred to merely as illustrations of the matters 

 dealt with in the paper should not be indexed. 



In the case of papers dealing with Pala3ontology, Zoology or Botany 

 the Primary Slip should contain a classified list of all new species 

 desci'ibed. If no new species are described the subject-entries should 

 indicate the natural orders, families, or genera dealt with and the 

 subject dealt with in relation to them. 



Books or papers whose scope is completely or sufficiently indicated 

 by the title will require no further subject-entries. Text-books and 

 educational works whose scope is suificiently indicated by their title 

 require no subject-entries, except where tliey may contain additions to 

 the existing knowledge of science, when subject- entries should be 

 prepared for these parts only. 



The Committee of the flegional Bureau have drawn up a list of 

 periodicals which, are known by them to publish scientific papers, and 

 which are received in the library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ; 

 but they have to trust to the quarterly reports from Local Governments 

 for intimation of the publication of independent books and pamphlets. 

 As these quartei'ly reports may appear some considei-able time after the 

 publication of a book, it is desirable for Authors, to ensure immediate 

 record being made of their work, to send a copy to the Asiatic Society 

 accompanied by a primary slip containing title and subject-entries. 

 Societies and Editors are similarly recommended to adopt the veiy 

 useful practice now being followed by many scientific societies in 

 Europe of issuing primary slips with each " part 'of a journal. Such 

 slips can best be prepared by the authors themselves, and scut to the 



