1869.] Baddoni and his Works. 109 



" are about, say, half ready ; Vol. 9 in an equally forward state with 

 " the three first vols.* 



" The arrangement which was made with Mr. Morley for publish - 

 " ing the work to the extent of the Board of Controul's grant 

 " was terminated by that gentleman's death, and no similar 

 " arrangement has since been found feasible. It seems to the Com- 

 " mittee that there is great risk' of the late Sir H. Elliot's labours 

 " being altogether lost, unless the Society comes forward with an offer 

 " to undertake the superintendence of the publication. * •* # * 



" The materials to be placed at the Committee's disposal by Lady 

 "Elliot. With Mr. E. Thomas' cooperation in England, the Com- 

 " mittee will be in a condition to determine what they will require 

 "to be sent out, and what portion may be left with him, or accessible 

 "to him, for compliance with references made to hi^i from this 

 " Committee." 



Circumstances, however, to the great regret of the Committee, prevent- 

 ed the proposal from being carried out ; but Sir H. M. Elliot's papers 

 are now being published in England under the able editorship of 

 Professor J. Dowson. 



Though the departure of Sir H. M. Elliot from India, and his 

 untimely death, had put an end to the immediate completion of his 

 work, the collection of MSS. detailed in the ' Index' was commenced, 

 and actively pursued. In 1855, the late Mr. Colvin, then Lieutenant- 

 Governor of the North West, at the suggestion of Mr. E. Thomas, 

 B. C. S , entrusted to Mr. H. W. Hammond, then Secretary of the 

 Sadder Board of Revenue, the task of collecting and collating MSS. 

 of the Muhammadan Historians of India. Mr. Hammond issued the 

 following notice — 



lL ^-^ jjt ^jy^* K cJjj a^a* &j£ v K lJ L?^y JO"* 



* Vide also Dr A. Sprenger's Manuscripts of the late Sir R. Elliot, J. A. S. 

 Bengal, Vol XXIII. 



