OUR Indian dependencies form a vast field for ethnological inquiry which we have not as yet sufficiently cultivated; in fact, its importance is realized by but very few. What is really required is a systematic study of the various races of India, carried out according to a definite plan. Independent observers may do, and many have done, much; but by co-ordination more and better work can be accomplished. The Bureau of Ethnology in Washington has for its especial object the investigation and recording of all that relates to the North American Indians, and the splendid series of Reports issued by that Bureau form an invaluable mine of information on American anthropology. Is it too much to ask from our Government that we should have an analogous Bureau of Indian Ethnography? It would not suffice merely to have a department for researches on Indian ethnology, and for the publication of the results; something more than this is wanted. It would be necessary to have a library of works relating to Southern Asia, and to have an elaborately classified catalogue of books, memoirs, articles, and so forth, on every branch of Indian anthropology. Were this done, anyone who wished for information about a particular district would be able to find references to all that was known about the people, their customs, arts, and crafts. The catalogue should be a systematic bibliography, irrespective of the actual contents of the library of the institution, though every endeavour should be made to make this as complete as possible.