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From Dr. E. Roer, Secretary to the Oriental Section, recommending 

 on the part of the Section, the publication of a translation of the 

 Ch'handogya Upanishad by Babu Rajendralal Mittra. 



Ordered for publication in the Bibliotheca Indica. 



From the same, the subjoined letter, in reply to a reference from the 

 Society, regarding the Section's report of the 1st. April last. 



To Captain F. Hayes, Secretary, Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — By direction of the Oriental Section, I have the honour to return, 

 for the orders of the Council and the Society, my Report of the 1st April 

 last on Oriental Publications, referred for the reconsideration of the Section, 

 and to state, that the Section would recommend, that the publication of 

 texts should proceed, and the translations follow as soon as practicable. 



2. I beg to observe, that in proposing so many texts for publication it 

 was not intended, that all of them should be printed with the exclusion of 

 other important works, which might hereafter be proposed by other scholars, 

 but that sufficient time should be given to obtain good MSS. to examine 

 and to compare them. Without this we would not be able to publish 

 editions worthy of the high standing of our Society. The necessity of an 

 early selection will be evident from the fact, that the Library of the Asiatic 

 Society hardly contains one MS. fit for printing, and that, had I not been 

 assisted by MSS. procured either from public collections, or private indi- 

 viduals, I would not have succeeded in publishing even one of the works 

 already printed. I may perhaps not be able to collect a third of the works 

 proposed, and on their collection the MSS. may prove so bad as to preclude 

 the hope of their early publication. Of the works enumerated in the list, 

 only two are prepared for printing, viz. the Uttara Naishadha, of which I 

 have procured a sufficient number of MSS., and the Bhasha Parich'heda of 

 which the translation is ready. 



3. I have the honour to lay before the Society abstracts of interesting 

 letters, received from Messrs. Lassen, Burnouf and Mueller, on our publica- 

 tions, and I hope, that the discussion, which at the April meeting took place 

 on the mode of my publishing, may serve as an apology for not having 

 omitted the flattering expressions about myself. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 



E. Roer. 

 Secy. Asiatic Society, Oriental Department. 

 Howrah, the \st June, 1850. 



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