72 0. J. Rodgers —Supplement to Thomas Chronicles , No. 5. [No. 2, 
•was sold by Sotheby in London. No coins, therefore, out of both these 
came to any Indian Museum. There is now in the market, the collec¬ 
tion of General Gossett, which has many unique coins in it, and some 
which though not unique are very rare. This will, we fear, share the 
same fate as the others. Now, the British Museum secured some of 
Dr. Da Ounha’s coins. That institution has an annual grant made to 
it for the sole purchase of coins. Hence, when coins are sold which they 
are in want of, they can always get specimens of them. But it is not 
so in India. I would ask to be allowed to plead for our museums on 
behalf of their coin collections. I would ask those native gentlemen 
who are interested in the future of their own land, to come forward and 
assist in putting our museums on a sound financial footing. Money can¬ 
not be better spent than by bestowing it in grants to the Trustees of 
Museums for the purchase of objects of interest. We have now well- 
educated natives of India who are also rich men. It is to them we 
must look for the future prosperity of our museums. Many of these 
gentlemen are members of different learned societies. They would, I 
feel sure, if asked, take a prominent part in the management of our 
museums. This seems one of the objects we should aim at. English¬ 
men are always coming and going. India is not our home. It is for 
those to whom India is a home, to adorn that home with the relics of by¬ 
gone days; and from no series of relics can so much information be 
obtained as from coins. 
