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eagerly embraced by the Committee, who have sought every means of communicating 

 with Europeans residing even in its most inland countries. 



The Presidencies of India will be centres from which Prospectuses will be forwarded 

 to every Indian court, and to the confines of the Punjab, Tibet, and China; everywhere, 

 it is hoped, awakening among our distant countrymen a desire to become known to the 

 learned in Europe, through the means offered by this Committee. 



Intimations of our object will also be forwarded to every mart and settlement of the 

 Eastern ocean, extending to the most distant havens of its Archipelago, and to the coasts 

 of China and Japan. 



The various Missionary establishments, whether in Indiii, Palestine, the Caucasus, or 

 the Malayan peninsula, and the enlightened employes of the Russian Government, ex- 

 tending along the extensive southern frontier of the Russian empire to the furthest 

 limits of Kamtschatka, will also be made acquainted with our existence and objects. 



The majority, however, of these communications has been addressed to natives of 

 Britain ; and it is from them the Committee principally expect co-operation and support, 

 in the attainment of their truly national object. 



The principle of these appeals for literary and pecuniary assistance, in common with 

 the rest of their proceedings, requires the sanction of the Subscribers ; but the Committee 

 have been obliged to anticipate the confirmation of their acts, to prevent their losing 

 opportunities of connnunicating with India. 



They hope that they will not be considered to have erred, as they have strictly con- 

 formed to the spirit of the Prospectus, the approval of which may be inferred from the 

 patronage it has received. 



Letters have been addressed to the Governor-General of India, the Governors of 

 Madras, Bombay, Ceylon, Prince of Wales' Island, and Mauritius, and to the Presidents 

 of the Literary Societies at the three Presidencies and Ceylon, proposing the formation 

 of Corresponding Committees, to consist of the principal Oriental scliolars residing in 

 or near Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Columbo, George Town, and Port Louis. 



The instructions for these Corresponding Committees, contained in letters of which 

 a specimen is subjoined, although leaving them as uncontrolled as great distance and 

 local differences necessarily require, will, it is hoped, be found to be strictly consonant 

 with the general tenour of the Prospectus. 



Letter to the Governor-General of India. 



" My Loan: — We trust tliat we may with confidence address your Lortlship on the subject 

 " of the accompanying Prospectus, wliich lias received general approbation in this country, and 

 " promises the most valuable results to Oriental literature. 



" Although the Oriental Translation Committee confidently rely on the abilities and zeal of 

 " learned individuals in England, still they look to their highly gifted countrymen in the East 

 " for great and efficient assistance. 



" This expectation, we are convinced, will not be disappointed ; and we address your Lordship, 

 " as Governor-General of India, to solicit your Lordship's powerful aid, in the promotion of the 

 " extensive and important objects that are stated in tlie Prospectus. 



•' Our views in this letter are directed to the formation of an efficient Corresponding Com- 

 " mittee at Calcutta ; and we presume to request that, in concert with the President of the 

 " Asiatic Society of Bengal, your Lordship will make a selection of persons from among the 

 " Europeans and natives residing within your Lordship's Government, to constitute that Com- 

 " mittee. 



" When the Committee is appointed, we shall feel grateful for your Lordship's transmitting 

 " this letter to them ; and we request that they will guide themselves by the spirit of the 

 " Prospectus, of which a considerable number is sent for distribution by them. 



" The Corresponding Committee is requested to make such additions to the Prospectus as 

 " local circumstances may render necessary ; and to have them addressed to the persons referred 

 " to in the enclosed list, and to such others as they may consider likely to promote their views. 



