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Read the following letter. 

 To 



The Chief Secretary to Government, 



Fort St. George. 



Sir, 



I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7tli 

 Instant, and in reply beg to state that I have communicated with Mr. C. 

 P. Brown on the subject of your letter, and that Gentleman will as early 

 as possible give the information therein required. 



I have, &c. 



Literary Society, College, (Signed) T. C. Jerdon, 



IWi August, 1845. ) Secretary M. L. S., ^-c. 



Read the following communication. 

 To 



C. P. Brown, Esq. 



Sir, 



The Madras Government having again addressed the Society on the 

 subject of the Mackenzie Manuscripts, I am instructed by the Managing 

 Committee of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society to direct your attention to the communication forwarded 

 to you by my predecessor James Minchin, Esq. on the 16th May last ; and 

 to request you will be pleased to inform them how far it may be in your 

 power to enable them to supply the information required by Govern- 

 ment. 



I beg to forward a copy of the letter received from Government on the 

 subject. 



I have, &c. 



Literary Society, College; > (Signed) T. C. Jerdon, 



16th August, 1845. V Secretary M. L. S., ^-c. 



Read the following commimication from C. P. Brown, Esq. 

 To 



The Secretary to the Literary Society. 



Sir, 



I have to acknowledge your letter of the 7th Instant. Illness has delay- 

 ed my reply. 



I am herein asked to furnish a Catalogue Raisonnee of my Library, 

 presented to Government. To do tliis would occupy more than one year 

 and would demand a Native establishment for the express purpose. 



The question as to the sum this Library cost me is not easily answered. 

 Including transcribers, paper, binding, money paid to examining Pundits, 

 and other items I have usually rated it about 30,000 Rupees. It is not 



