STG Proceedmgs of the Mad. Lit. Society [No. 35, 



As it is desirable to have accurate 

 informatioii regarding the contents 

 of the works in question, and as 

 that can be obtained only through 

 natives acquainted with the lan- 

 guages in which the books are wi'it- 

 ten, we absent to your entertaining, 

 as a temporary arrangement, the 

 estabUshment you propose, requir- 

 ing from the Superintendent either 

 direct, or through such channel as 

 jou may deem most convenient, a 

 quarterly report of the number 

 of manuscripts examined and class- 

 ed, co]3ies of which reports you 

 will transmit to us. 



TTe are, 

 Your loving friends, 

 (Signed) H. St. G. Tucker, 



,, J. L. LUSHINGTON, 



London, \ ^c. S^c. ^"c 



2\st Dec. 1847. 3 



(A true Copy and Extract.) 



(Signed) H. C. Montgomeey, 



Officiating Chief Secy. 

 To ^ ■ ' 



The Committee of the 

 Madras Literary Society^ 

 a?id A uxiliary of the 

 Royal Asiatic Society. 



II. Resolved, — That the Managing Committee be requested to ac- 

 knowledge the receipt of this communication, and to soHcit the further 

 instructions of Government regarding the disposal of the Museum, 

 which still remains in the charge of the Society. Kesolved, further, that 

 the proceedings respecting the Indian books and manuscripts in the 

 charge of the Society, detailed in the letter from the Chairman of the 

 Managing Committee, appear highly satisfactory, and be approved of 

 accordingly ; and that the Committee be authorized to make such ar- 

 rangements as they may consider requisite for carrying out the orders 

 of the Honorable the Court of Directors and Government, in regard to 

 the books and manuscripts. 



