1817.] 



and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society. 



£03 



Extract from the Proceedings of an Annual General Meeting of the 

 Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic So- 

 ciety, held at the Society's Rooms at the College, on Saturday, the 

 I St February, 1845. 



Proposed by J. C. IMorris, Esq. and seconded by Walter Elliot, Esq. 



" That the warmest and best thanks of the Society be given to C. P. 

 Brown, Esq. for his munificent present of Oriental Manuscripts, and 

 that he be informed that immediate measures shall be taken to carry into 

 effect his suggestion as to their preservation ; and that pending a refer- 

 ence to Government, the Secretary be authorized to entertain the three 

 persons recommended by Mr. Brown in the service of the Society." Car- 

 ried unanimously. 



A true Extract. 



(Signed) J. Minchin, 



Secretary M. L. S., ^c. 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee, on Tuesday evening, the 

 1st April, 1845. 



Bead the following letter from Walter Elliot, Esq. 



Guntoor, March 11, 1845. 



My Dear Minchin, 

 I enclose a communication from Dr. Bird of Bombay, your brother Se- 

 cretary of the Western Branch of the Parent Society, which I wish you 

 would lay before the next Meeting of our Society. I dare say Felix will 

 saj^ a good word in favor of the Sister Institution of which he, f believe, 

 as well as myself, is also a Member. 



Your's sincerely, 

 (Signed) Walter Elliot. 



James Minchin, Esq. 



Bombay Asiatic Society's Rooms, 

 2Qth Fehruartj, 1845. 



My Dear Sir, 



I regret to say that the low state of our Society's present income will 

 obHge us to discontinue the publication of our Quarterly Journal, and 

 can see no means of avoiding this but by obtaining a sufficient amount of 

 subscription, among those interested in Oriental matters, in order to cover 

 the expense. I have now in my possession much interesting matter quite 

 enough nearly for two succeeding Numbers after the October one, and 

 two Dissertations of Professor Lassen are on the way out to ns ; so that I 

 think it would be a pity to abandon the publication of the work, without 

 making an effort to continue it. I will therefore feel much obliged if you 



