1 850. ] and Auxiliary Boyal Asiatic Society, 475 



theM. S. S. had been conducted by Mr. W. Elliot without any expendi- 

 ture of the sum* sanctioned for this purpose. 



9. The College Board will report the monthly expenditure for the Es- 

 tablishment at present maintained for the custody and preservation of 

 the Oriental Works transferred to their charge under date the 24th July* 

 1849. Stating their present condition and giving their opinion on the 

 suitableness of the accommodation assigned and of the arrangements ob- 

 served for their safe keeping. 



(True copy and Extract.) 



(Signed) H. C. Montgomery, 



Chief Secretary. 



To the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society 



and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



Public Department. 



No. 22 of 1850. 



Our Governor in Council) at Fort St. George. 



Letter dated 9th July, (No. 13) 1849, paras. 1 to 7. 



Para 1. With this letter you transmit to us a communication from 

 the Board of Revenue (in the Department of Public Works) recom- 

 mending the provision of a suitable building 1 and the appointment of a 

 duly qualified Curator for the Museum of Natural, History intended to 

 be established at your Presidency under the authority given in our 

 despatch in this Department of 20th May 1846. While you concurred 

 in the desirableness of the proposed measures you did not feel at liber- 

 ty to carry them into effect without our express sanction, and such 

 sanction accordingly you now solicit. 



2. In the present state of the Indian Finances which precludes any 

 addition to our Establishments which is not imperatively required by 

 the exigencies of the public service we cannot sanction the engage- 

 ment of separate premises and the appointment of a distinct establish- 

 ment for the formation of the Museum. 



3. Whenever the University can be constituted, the Museum may, 

 in accordance with the suggestion contained in our former despatch, 

 occupy part of the buildings, and be superintended by a part of the 

 Establishment which may be required for that Institution. In the 

 meantime we cannot doubt that you will be able to appropriate suffici- 

 ent space in one of the public buildings at your Presidency for the 



* 250 Rupees per mensem. 



