1850.] and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society. f 267 



know why in the bill now submitted the charges has been increased to 

 Rupees 2-8 per copy. 



(True Extract.) (Signed) J.E.Thomas, Chief Secretary. 

 To the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society 



and Auxiliary of the lloyal Asiatic Society, 



Public Department. Read Extract from Minutes of 



No. 350. Consultation in the Public Depart- 



Extract from the Minutes of Con- ment> dated 3d May, 1849, No. 350, 

 sidtation, dated 3d May, 1849. forwarding six letters from Captain 

 Read the following letters from B. R. W. Ellis, Political Assistant 

 Captain R. R. W. Ellis, Political for Bundelkhand, containing appli- 

 Assistant for Bundelkhand. cations for information respecting 



Here enter 13th April 1849. the lineage and descent of the 

 No. 375—377—379. Rajpoot Families inhabiting South- 



„ 381—383-385. ern India. 



Resolved— That the foregoing pa- HI. Resolved— That Govern- 

 pers be forwarded to the Committee ment ^e informed that the Com- 

 of the Madras Literary Society, mittee have not k een a bi e to obtain 

 with a request that they will favor any information on the subject sub- 

 the Government with any informa- mitted for inquiry, 

 tion they may obtain on the subject 

 submitted for inquiry. 



(A true Extract,) (Signed) J. E. Thomas, Chief Secretary > 

 To the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society 



and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society* 

 Read letter from J. Ouchterlony, Esq., for the Sub-Committee Poly- 

 technic Society, dated 29th May, 1849,'and copy of Proceedings of the 

 Sub-Committee of the same date. 

 To Captain J. J. Losh, 



Secretary Literary Society and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society, 



Dear Sib, — I beg leave to hand you annexed a copy of Proceedings 

 of a Sub-Committee of the Polytechnic Society, appointed to consider of a 

 site the best adapted for a building for the use of that Institution, and also 

 to examine whether means might not be found of engaging several of the 

 public associations of Madras in combining their Institutions under one 

 and the same roof, and promoting the acquisition of a Building that would 

 be useful for all these purposes and be also adapted for a Town Hall, 



The more centrical situation for all Madras, would perhaps be one in 

 the immediate neighbourhood of St. Andrew's Church; but the distance 

 from this is comparatively so insignificant that the Sub-Committee have 

 felt themselves to be reasonably attracted by the great advantages pre- 



* With 6 original papers (to be returned.) 



