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as tliey go, and for completing tliem where they are defective in such 

 a manner as to supply the desideratum of a catalogue raisonne re- 

 quired by Government. For this purpose they would recommend 

 that at least two Pundits acquainted with the various languages in 

 which the MSS. are written should be attached to the Library till 

 such time as the whole have been examined, and that they should be 

 placed under the superintendence of a European Officer qualified to 

 direct their researches and to exhibit the results in an English dress 

 — the cost of such an establishment on the most economical scale 

 would be as follows : 



Rupg. 



Superintendent, - - 100 



2 Pundits at 50 Rupees, 100 



English "Writer, - 50 



250 per nieusem. 



It is probable that a suitable person to direct these proceedings 

 may be found without much difficulty among some of the young Of- 

 ficers who have devoted their attention to the study of the Native 

 languages to whom such an employment might be made both a re- 

 ward for past industry and an incentive to the cultivation of talents 

 already displayed. The arrangement might be sanctioned at first 

 for a period of two years, during which time the Superintendent 

 should be required to furnish periodical reports from which a judg- 

 ment could be formed of the value of the results and of the propriety 

 of continuing the examination to a conclusion. 



The next point to be considered is the safe custody of the collec- 

 tion which at present is lodged in the same building as is the College 

 Library but under distinct guardians. These are the individuals 

 originally in the service of Mr. Brown, the expense of whose salaries 

 has already received the sanction of Government 

 Soorap Sing, - 25 as per margin, besides whom Mr. Brown still 

 §arrainsa\vmy'- 12 i^l^intains tw^o peons at his own charge for dust- 



— inff and moving the books. The Sub-Committee 

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have found the three individuals above mentioned 

 to be very inefficient and they are of opinion that better qualified 

 persons might be found for the duty hereafter. But at present they 

 think that two of them should be retained on account of their practi- 

 cal acquaintance with the volumes, the result of long association 

 with them, and that the third should be discharged and his salary 

 devoted to the support of the two Peons or Lascars employed by Mr. 



