Annual Address. [ February, 1905. 
aid towards their purchase, and if they can be bought, the total 
collection of Jain manuscripts which will be in the Society's 
custody will be the finest in the world. 
- These collections demand that the fullest use should be made of 
them, and one of the first duties will be to compile descriptive 
catalogues of the Persian, Arabic and Jain manuscripts, as has been 
and by European scholars resident in this country ; but the number 
of the latter is very small and will probably be fewer in the future. 
Members of the Government Services can only give of the leisure, 
which they can spare from their official duties, towards qualia 
i i i i i ‘ks; an 
tial; and those of them are fortunate who can receive some part of 
their ini rom European teachers. It is very much to be 
wished that more training of this kind should be available for them. 
For scientific investigation, therefore, there are the most 
uraging inducements. Moreover, as private enterprise develops 
the resources of the country, Science will be applied to those objects 
r measure, and the number of workers in scienti Ids 
A matter that concerns us closely is the style in which our 
Proceedings and Journal are published. This is seakt ase 
sideration. The present.style is what was adopted many years 88% 
