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already printed, the expense of completing it will be comparatively- 

 less, and as the work is likely to find a ready sale, the first portion 

 may be sold to the publisher at the reduced price of 4 to 6 annas 

 per copy, instead of being given away in exchange for 50 copies of 

 the concluding portion. 



5. — The last Arabic work, which remains incomplete is Lees' 

 History of the Conquest of Syria. As no competent editor is at 

 present available to undertake the task, the committee find the 

 work must stand over until the return of Lieut. Lees from Europe, 

 when they hope it will be brought to a completion. 



The Sanskrita series includes three* portions of the Vedas, twof 

 works on Hindu Philosophy, onej on Astronomy, two§ on Indian 

 Mythology, one|| on the Prakrit language and,^[ one on belles 

 lettres. These works are all of considerable importance and well 

 calculated to enhance the credit of the serial in which they are 

 being published. The Committee are of opinion, therefore, that 

 the printing of these works should be continued gradually, as the 

 means at the disposal of the Society enable it to proceed ; adequate 

 provision being made in the first place for the speedy liquidation of 

 the debt due by the Oriental Publication Eund. 



The Bibliotheca Indica, as a series, has now attained to the 139th 

 [Fasciculus, comprehending a large number of works on various 

 branches of Asiatic learning ; it has established its reputation in 

 Europe, where it has earned for the several editors engaged on it 

 and for the Society which has conducted it, expressions of thanks 

 that must be very grateful to both. The unfinished works will 

 scarcely occupy less than 50 numbers, quite sufficient to make the 

 contents of the series a compact and complete publication. Look- 

 ing to the extent to which their resources have been anticipated, 

 the Committee see little chance of their being in a condition to 

 undertake a new work for the next three years, and they therefore 



* Black Yajur Brahmana, Black Yajur Sanhita, and Chhandogya Upanashads. 



f Vedanta Sutras and Sarvadarsana Sangraha. 



% Surya Siddhanta. 



§ Markandeya Puran and Lalita Vistara. 



|| Krauaadia verax Prakritadhya. 



% Vasavadatta. 



