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very remarkable degree if to the enumeration were added the collection 

 of some easily ascertained ethnographical data. They are encouraged 

 to make this suggestion by tlie reflection that the Census Commissioner 

 is an accomplished ethnographist, well known by liis publication on the 

 Tribes and Castes of Bengal, the valuable results of which would be 

 supplemented by the inquiries now proposed. Tliey feel confident that 

 with his aid, and under his direction, most important data may be 

 obtained at a minimum of efl:'ort and cost I may add tliat should the 

 suggestion which my Council desire to make be carried out, a great step 

 will have been taken towards establishing a uniform method of 

 ethnographical observation in India — a matter of great scientific im- 

 portance. 



" Stated briefly, what my Council desire to see carried out is as 

 follows : — 



" I. While collecting the ordinary information for the Census, to 

 obtain such data of the physical and sociological characters of the 

 jungle races — Bhils, Gonds, and other tribes of the central mountain 

 districts — concerning which our information is at present very limited. 

 These data would furnish the basis for a true estimation of the number 

 and distribution of the tribes in question, and tlius powerfully contribute 

 to a sound classification of the races of India. 



" 2. In a similar manner to verify and add to the knowledge which 

 we already possess of the Naga, Kuki, and other cognate races of the 

 Assam and Burmese frontiers, and of the vagrant and criminal tribes — 

 Haburas, Beriyas, Sansiyas, &c. — in North and Central India. 



"3. To collect physical measurements, particularly of the Dravidian 

 tribes, and of the Rajputs and Jats of Rnjputana and the BasteriT 

 Panjab. Such data^will be of the greatest service, in throwing light 

 on the important and difficult problem of the origin of these tribes and 

 their relation with the Yu-echi and other Scythian races. 



" 4. To obtain, so far as can be done without too great labour and 

 expense, a series of photographs of typical individuals of the various 

 races, and if it should be practicable, of views of archaic industries, 

 &c. This, which might be accomplished by placing photographers at 

 the service of the Census Officeis, would be the commencement of an 

 Ethnological Survey of India similar to and certainly no less important 

 than the Archaeological Survey of which the Government of India may 

 80 justly be proud. 



" My Council, in considering tlie above proposal, have been assisted 

 by a Committee of gentlemen possessing special knowledge of the 

 subject in question, and I am to add that this Committee will be pleased 

 to place themselves at the disposal of Her Majesty's Government to 



