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YII. Resolved, — That this subject does not require further considera- 

 tion at present. 



From Walter Elliot, Esq. 



To Captain LosH, 



Secretary to the Literary Socieiy. 



Sis, 



I beg to inforni you, with reference to the letter of the Chief Secre- 

 tary to Government in the Public Department, No. 946, dated 18th In- 

 stant, in which the Committee of the Literary Society are requested to 

 furnish the quarterly reports required by the Honorable the Court of 

 Directors of the number of Oriental MSS. in charge of the Society 

 which have been examined and classified, that it has not, up to this 

 time, been found possible to procure the services of an adequately 

 qualified Superintendent, as proposed in the report of the Sub-Com- 

 mittee, dated 5th June, 1846. But in order that the wishes of the 

 Honorable Court might not be altogether disappointed, I have my- 

 self, as my time permitted, conducted an examination and analysis 

 of the MSS., the results of which are exhibited in the following ta- 

 bular statement : 





Number of MSS. 



Of which Abstracted 

 and Classified. 



Eemain 







Cadjan 



Paper 



Total. 



Cadjan 



Paper 



Total. 



Cadjan 



Paper 



Total. 



Sanscrit, .. ..... 



805 



534 



1,339 



765 



37 



802 



40 



497 



537 



Telugu, 



712 



452 



1,164 



243 



0 



243 



469 



452 



921 





0 



22 



22 



0 



0 



0 



0 



22 



22 



Tamil, 



14 



0 



14 



0 



0 



0 



14 



0 



14 



Malayalem, . . . 



3 



c 



3 



0 



0 



0 



3 



0 



3 





21 



0 



21 



0 



0 



0 



21 



0 



21 



Total... 



1,555 



1,008 



2,563 



1,008 



37 



1,045 



547 



971 



1,518 



I may add that this has been accomplished without incurring any ex- 

 tra expense, by means of my establishment as Canarese Translator to 

 Government, and with the occasional aid of such of the College Moon- 

 shees as happened from time to time, to be unemployed by the Junior 

 Civil Servants studying in the Institution. The progress of the ex- 

 amination has necessarily, under such circumstances, been slow ; but 



