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penses during the current year will, it is believed, take up the whole 
of the amount sanctioned. 
No. 2017. 
From HH. S. Branvon, Ese., 
Ojfg. Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal 
To the Hony. Secy. to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
Fort William, the 11th July 1870. 
Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 
395 dated the 27th ultimo, with its enclosures, reporting the oper- 
ations carried out by the Society in view to giving effect to the 
wishes of Government for the discovery and preservation of records 
of ancient Sanskrit literature, and in reply I am to request that 
you will convey to the Society an expression of the Lieutenant- 
Governor’s thanks for the trouble they have taken in the matter. 
His Honor also desires me to acknowledge the services rendered 
by Babu Réajendraléla Mitra in this undertaking. A copy of 
your letter and Babu Rajendralala Mitra’s report will be trans- 
mitted to the Government of India, and will also be published in 
the supplement to the Calcutta Gazette. A copy of the ‘catalogue 
of Sanskrit MSS.” and of “ notices of Sanskrit MSS.” will also be 
furnished to the Government of India. 
2. With reference to paragraph 4 of your letter the Lieutenant- 
Governor is pleased to sanction the payment of the bill submitted, 
amounting to Rs. 1,079-2-9, for expenses incurred by the Society 
in collecting MSS. during the second-half of the financial year 
1869-70. The Accountant-General will be instructed accordingly, 
and will also be addressed in regard to advancing the Society funds 
to carry on future expenses, subject to adjustment half-yearly, as 
suggested by you. 
3. The Lieutenant-Governor approves of the list proposed by 
you of persons and institutions to be supplied with copies of the 
“‘ Notices of Sanskrit MSS.,’’ but desires that the Cambridge Univer- 
Vaio sone otter ANG: sity and the Coondoo* family of Bhagyo- 
281 dated the 10th May kul, in Dacca, may be added to the dis- 
fe tribution list. The number of copies thus 
to be distributed is seventy-five, and I am to request that of the 
balance, fifty-five copies may be forwarded to this Government for 
