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Abstract of proceedings of the 



[No.30. 



Walter Elliot Esqr. states that he will be prepared to circulate a notice 



on the Canarese papers before the next meeting. 



Read letter from the same Gentleman, dated Kurnool 24th March 1843 

 bringing to the notice of the Committee that a considerable portion of the 

 Mackenzie M.S. S. are still lying unreported on in the archives of the 

 India House. 



Revolved,— that J. C. Morris E*q. and Walter Elliot Esq. report on the 

 subject and that the Secretary be requested to address Captain Newbold 

 for further particulars. 



Read a letter from the Rev. G. Knox, dated [0th April 1843 forwarding 

 for presentation to the Society a volume of poems by his brother entitled 

 " Giotto and Francesca and other poems." 



Resolved, — that the Secretary be requested to convey the acknowledg- 

 ments of the Society for the same. 



The Secretary lays before the Meeting a communication in Telugu, re- 

 ceived from M. Annuntacharry Bramin dated 14th April 1843 containing 

 Verses in praise of the Right Honorable Lord Elphinstone. 



Resolved, — that the Secretary be requested to thank the author for the 

 same. 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society 

 and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society held on Thursday Eveniny 

 the Wth May 1843. 



Read letter from the Honorary Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society 

 dated London 13th February 1843. Stating that the Society has under 

 consideration of enlarging the scope of their Journal and requesting 

 the Members of the Branch Society and their friends and correspondents 

 would furnish the Royal Asiatic Society with informations of interest 

 to Oriental 'literature for publication in it's J ournal. 



Resolved, — that the Secretary be requested to assure the Secretary of 

 the Royal Asiatic Society of their anxiety to forward the views of the 

 Society and that they will use their best endeavours for that jDurpose. 



Read a letter from Lieutenant Eastwick of the Bombay Army dated 

 17th April 1843, presenting to the Society through Walter Elliot Esq. 

 a copy of his Vocabulary of the Scinde language. 



