S14 Proceedings of the Mad. Lit. Society [No. 32^ 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee, on Tuesday evening, the 9th 

 /September, 1845. 



Head the following letter from the Chief Secretary to Government- 



Public Dejmrtment. 



No. 737. 



Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, dated 15ih August, 1845. 



Read the following letter from the Secretary to the Government of 

 India. 



No. 490. 



From 



G. A. BusiiBY, Esq. 



Secretary to the Government of India. 



To 



J. F. Thomas, Esq. 



Chief Secretary to Government, 



Fort St. George, 



Dated the IWi July, 1845. 

 Home Department 



Sir, 



I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of yom- letter No. 8, dated the 

 28th April last, mth enclosures, and in reply to state for the information 

 of the Most Noble the Governor in Council that the Governor General in 

 Council being willing to afford reasonable encom-agement to Scientific 

 Societies towards the preservation of valuable collections of Oriental Lite- 

 rature, is pleased to sanction the employment of the Establishment noted 



^ , ^. . '^f; in the margin* at a cost of Rupees 51 per mensem 



* 1 Native Librarian.. 25 & ^ .. » 



J do. do. -.14 for the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of 



— the Royal Asiatic Society. 



Rups. 51 Tl, X. 



. I have, &c. 



Fort William, ") (Signed) G. A. Bushby, 



The mh July, 1845.> Secy, to the Govt, of India. 



Ordered to be communicated to the Committee of Management of the 

 Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society with 

 reference to their Secretary's letter of the 8th April last, and to the 

 Offices of Account and Audit. 



(True extract and copy.) 



(Signed) J. F. Thomas, 



Chief Secretary. 



To 



The Committee of Management of the Madras Literary Society, 



and Auxiliary of the Boyal Asiatic Society- 



