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P. S. Would it give you much trouble to ascertain in Calcutta, whether 

 a copy of the octavo edition of Maim with commentary may be there obtained. 

 In Europe it is not procurable. Could you also inform me, how I may 

 obtain a copy of the Sabda-Kalpa-Druma, or if it is not for sale, would you 

 in my name request Raja Radhakant Deb to favour me with a copy. 



With reference to the desire of the Prussian Government to have 

 copies made in Calcutta at their expense, of several Sanscrit MSS. 

 and works required to complete their collection, the Council recom- 

 mend that the Society afford all facilities for the accomplishment of 

 the wishes of the Prussian Government. (Agreed unanimously.) 



From Dr. Roer, forwarding letters from Prof. Lassen and Mr. 

 Koenig. 



Extract of note from Dr. Roer. 



I send you a letter from Professor Lassen to my address, in which he re- 

 quests me to thank the Society for the copy of Abdul Razzaq's Dictionary 

 with which they presented him, and also to inform the Society, that he has 

 despatched the second part of the first volume of his " Indian Antiquities." 

 He further mentions, that Dr. Benfey, in Goettingen, is publishing the Sama 

 Veda, and that Dr. Weber, on the part of the Berlin Academy, has gone to 

 England to collect materials for an edition of the Vasaneya Sanhita. Mr. 

 Koenig has requested Professor Lassen to express his wish to receive regularly 

 every month 25 copies of our Journal, and has no doubt that this number 

 would be disposed of, as there are so many Universities in Germany, all of 

 which would like to get the Asiatic Journal, if regularly transmitted. 



Here are also two letters from Mr. Koenig, the one lately received, in which 

 he states, that he has forwarded on the 20th December last a package of 

 books to the Asiatic Society, accompanying this letter. 



There is, however, no list, as he mentioos, but it is in his other letter of 

 the 14th December, 1846. On receiving this the Asiatic Society resolved to 

 send him the works he asked for in exchange of those he offered to the 

 Society, and I was then requested to obtain the works for Mr. Koenig, but 

 as he had at that time not despatched the books for the Asiatic Society, I 

 thought it right to wait, until we received information that the books were 

 actually sent off. 



Will the Society now authorize me to get the books in Calcutta and to 

 despatch them by the first opportunity that offers. The Librarian has also a list 

 of them, and has told me that he can get them in Calcutta at any time they 

 may be required. 



27th March, 1848. E. Roer. 



