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6. The Governor-General in Council also fully recognizes the 

 historic association connected with the Asiatic Society, its present 

 high position and reputation, the great services which it has rendered 

 to Literature, Archaeology, and Science, and the assistance which it 

 has afforded from time to time in developing the material resources 

 of India. 



7. His Excellency in Council, therefore, considers that it will be 

 both just and appropriate to secure to the Society a liberal share in 

 the control of the Museum, by constituting its representatives members 

 of the Board of Trustees in such proportion, and under such condi- 

 tions, as may be hereafter determined. 



8. The Governor-General in Council is further prepared to furnish 

 whatever accommodation may be requisite for the business of the 

 Society, and for the reception of its Library, in close proximity to the 

 proposed Museum. This accommodation would of course be assigned 

 to the exclusive use of the Society, and would be given in exchange 

 for their present premises, which under this arrangement, would 

 become the property of Government. 



9. With regard to the locality of the Museum, the Governor- 

 General in Council, as at present advised, considers that it may most 

 advantageously be placed on the site now occupied by the Small 

 Cause Court in Chowringhee Road, and he is disposed to believe that 

 some such building as that which has been recently proposed by Dr. 

 Oldham (himself a member of the Society's Council) for the Govern- 

 ment Geological Museum will be well adapted to the purposes of the 

 General Museum. 



10. His Excellency in Council would suggest " The India 

 Museum" as an appropriate name for the Institution. 



11. I am directed to submit the above outline of the measures 

 which the Governor-General in Council would propose to adopt for 

 the consideration of the Asiatic Society. If they meet the wishes of 

 the Council and of the Members of the Society at large, His Excel- 

 lency in Council will be happy to receive any suggestions upon 

 matters of detail which the Society may wish to offer, with a view to 

 secure more completely the interests of the proposed Museum, as well 

 as those of the Societ} r . 



I have &c.j 



(Sd.) E. C. Bayley, 

 Secretary to the Government of India. 

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