REPORT UN THE " VEDAS/ 5 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



Proposed Publication of the Vedas. 



In compliance with a Resolution passed at a general meeting of the 

 Asiatic Society held on the 6th April, 1847, the Committee of Pa- 

 pers circulate for the information of the resident members, the annexed 

 documents, chiefly communicated by the " Oriental Section''' of the 

 Society, relative to the proposed publication of the Vedas. 



The expense of the undertaking is to be defrayed from the grant of 

 500 Rs. per mensem, allowed to the Society by the Hon'ble Court of 

 Directors, for the promotion of Oriental literature. 



The Committee of Papers propose that the views advanced in Dr. 

 Roer's report, supported by the Oriental Section, be adopted by the 

 Society on the responsibility of that section — that Pundits from Benares 

 be engaged — that Dr. Roer be appointed Editor, under the supervision of 

 the Oriental section, by whom all proof sheets should be examined and 

 passed before finally sent to press — lastly, that the section be invited 

 to report progress from time to time, and that after six months the 

 question be entertained of the manner in which Dr. Roer's labours may 

 be duly remunerated. 



The above propositions will be discussed at the regular meeting of 

 the first Wednesday in May. 



W. B. O'Shaughnessy, 



April \2th, 1847. Sen. Sec. Asiatic Society. 



Asiatic Society of Bengal. 

 G. A. Bushby, Esq. 

 W. Jackson, Esq. 

 Baboo Debendernath Tagore. 

 Baboo Hurree Mohun Sen. 

 Gentlemen, — I have the honor to inform you that you are soli- 

 cited by the Asiatic; Society of Bengal to afford them, through the 



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