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in this country to wliich the public can look witii any prospect of success for the 

 accomplishment of such a project; and the Council of that Society have expressed 

 their willingness to co-operate in the execution of the plan which it is the object 

 of this Prospectus to make known. They have subscribed largely from their funds; 

 have selected a Committee, consisting of individuals well known for their zeal and 

 attainments in Eastern literature, to superintend the editing, translating, and printing 

 of the works that are to be published ; and have granted the use of their house 

 for the transaction of the business of the Committee : — thus affording the best proofs 

 of their readiness to promote the proposed object, and the strongest guarantee to the 

 public that such works as may be recommended for publication will be executed in a 

 manner that will render them worthy of the patronage that is now solicited. 



13. For the purpose of directing the attention of Scholars to the literature of the 

 East, and encouraging translations, the Oriental Translation Committee will give 

 annually, for such works or portions of works as they consider deserving of distinction, 

 four rewards in money, in sums of from £50 to £100 each, and font- gold medals of the 

 value of fifteen guineas each, inscribed with the names of the individuals to whom they 

 are presented. Translators whose works are approved, will be entitled to either des- 

 cription of reward, unless they expressly limit their views to the medals. The rewards 

 and medals will be conferred at the Annual Meeting ; and success on one occasion will 

 not disqualify for receiving rewards or medals at future anniversaries. Any Member 

 of the Committee who sends a work for approval, whether with a view to obtaining a 

 reward or medal, or merely to have it printed at the Committee's expense, is to cease 

 to act on the Committee until a decision is given on his work. 



14. The Oriental Translation Committee now appeal to the liberality of the public for 

 such pecuniary aid as will enable them to effect the objects proposed in this Prospectus. 

 The sums contributed will be appropriated exclusively to the execution of the plan above 

 detailed, and the accounts will be examined, and a report made annually to the Sub- 

 scribers of the application of the Funds, by an Auditor, who is to be elected by and 

 from the body of the Subscribers. A report of the progress made in translating and 

 printing during the year will also be made to the Subscribers annually, and notices will 

 be given of such works as the Committee may intend to print at the expense of the Funds 

 contributed by the Subscribers. 



J5. The terms of subscription are, that every individual or institution subscribing Ten 



Guineas or upwards annually, will be entitled to one fine-paper copy of every work 

 translated, printed, and published by the Committee, with the name of the individual 

 or institution subscribing printed on the back of the title-page. Individuals or Institu- 

 tions subscribing Five Guineas annually, will be entitled to any of the works published 

 by the Committee, to the amount of theii' subscription, at half the price paid for 

 ihem bj' Non-subscribers. The remaining copies, after a certain number has been 

 given to the Translator or Editor for presentation, will be disposed of by the Com- 

 mittte in such a manner as they may consider most conducive to their objects, and to 

 the advancement of Oriental literature. 



16. The Committee propose to open communications with the Literary Societies, 

 the British Governors and Consuls, and learned individuals in Asia and Africa, for 

 the purpose of procuring scarce and valuable Oriental MSS. They also intend to 

 communicate with the Oriental scholars in this and other countries, for the purpose 

 of bringing to light texts and translations of valuable Oriental works, which may now 

 lie in MS. in public and private libraries; and thus, by every available means, to 

 endeavour to preserve what might otherwise be irrecoverably lost, and to make known 

 original works and translations which might otherwise never meet the public eye. 



17. The Committee confidently expect that valuable translations will be obtained 

 from Asia, as they feel assured that many civil and military officers residing there 

 have hitherto bi(,n deterred from translating Oriental works by their having no 0|)|)or- 

 tuiiity for publishing the result of their laboms in Eii'daiul. As that opportunity is now 



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