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grant to be hereditary," or the intention of the ruling power at 

 the time to make such prant liereditary be clearly proved to the sa- 

 tisfaction of Government. 



If an arrang:cment of this kind is sanctioned, I have little doubt, 

 that in a few yean-^ the receipts from such a fund would more than 

 counterbalance the disbursements; but even if they did not, the 

 charge would be comparatively trilling. The enactments of the 

 British Parliament contemplate such a chnrsre ; the known liberali- 

 ty of the authorities in En'j;lan(l on this subject ensure to it sancti- 

 on ; the Supreme (Tovernment have set the example ; and the prin- 

 cipal functionaries in the Madras territories ought perhaps to take 

 blame to themselves tluit they have waited to be called upon before 

 they stood forth as the or^xwu of public opinion, in a matter of such 

 importance and universal interest. I sincerely hope that it will not, 

 as before, be allowed to sink into oblivion ; but that the information 

 submitted by the several collectors, will enable your Board and the 

 Government, to mature, from their suggestions, some practical or at 

 least some experimental plan lor the improvement of education, and 

 the support of learning in Southern India. 



We have much pleasure in giving insertion in our Journal to the 

 following letter and Regulations received from the Secretary to th« 

 Royal Asiatic Society. — Ed. 



VI, — The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. * 

 14, Grafton Street, Bond Street, London, March 1834. 



To 



The President and Members 



of the Madras Literary Society 



and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society, 



G£^'TLEMEN. 



1. I have the honor to acquaint you that an arrangement has 

 recently been sanctioned by the Council of the Royal Asiatic Socie- 

 ty, by which the publication of the Transactions of the Society will 

 it is hoped be effected in a more convenient and satisfactory man- 

 ner than has hitherto been the case ; and this arrano;ement will be 

 acted upon after the completion of the 3d Volume in quarto, of 

 which the concluding portion is now in the press. 



2. The mode intended to be adopted in future is that of publish- 

 ing the Transactions of the Society in an octavo form, at intervals 

 of three months; each number containing on an average about tw© 



