xx Report. 



papers in the convenient form of the monthly Journal, instead of that 

 of the Researches. 



I may add that nearly half a century ago a somewhat similar pro- 

 v as entertained by the Society, when it was resolved to publish, 

 when means admitted, a ■ Bibliotheca Asiatica,'* consisting of select 

 Oriental works. We now possess the means, and if properly applied, 

 these will enable us to accomplish with the utmost facility here, what 

 is attended with infinite labour and difficulty to the persevering scholars 

 of Europe, and in the course of a few years, to amass a body of Indian 

 Literature which cannot fail to reflect the highest credit upon the 

 Society with whose name it would be associated. 



J. W, Laidlay, 



Co-Secretary, 



* ' Indica would perhaps be a better name in the present case. 



