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allowance Lists which came up the other day from the 

 Board of Revenue, and are now being printed. Many of 

 the names are utterly unintelligible, and many more only 

 to be distinguished by a series of guesses. 



4. I would beg to suggest that all departments under 

 Government be directed rigidly to adhere to the scheme 

 now circulated, (or that which may ultimately be adopted) 

 in representing all native names in their Official Papers, 

 from the commencement of the approaching Revenue year 

 (1st July 1859). This will give writers, &c, ample time to 

 master the details of the scheme. Something like the follow- 

 ing short instructions might be issued. 



I. In writing native names and words, no letters are 

 to be introduced which do not exist in the original. For 

 example the use of h at the end of proper names as Ramay a, 

 Ramappa, now so common, is wholly inadmissible. 



II. The letters which do exist in the original are to be 

 expressed according to the accompanying scheme. 



III. Names of Districts, and other names which have 



been thoroughly Anglicized, as for exam- 

 ple those in the annexed list, are to be 

 written as usual without alteration. When a doubt exists 

 as to whether a word has been thoroughly- Anglicized, it is 

 to be given in the correct form. 



5. I would solicit attention to the fact that the change 

 will not be nearly so great, as a glance at the tabular state- 

 ment would lead one to suppose. The more complicated 

 symbols are of comparatively rare occurrence ; and the only 

 diacritical points which often occur are the dots underneath 

 the hard letters, and the accents over the long vowels — to 

 introduce these will surely be a most simple matter. 



6. It appears advisable to notice an objection made by 

 an officer whose opinion would from his position seem at 

 first sight entitled to weight. I do this in case the same 

 opinion may be held by others ; though this is, I hope, scarcely 



