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664 What stronger argument of the utility of the hook could be adduced than the tender of a bonus of boo rupees to effect its publication by a gentleman who had for two years in vajn held out the same premium for an essay in English and the rernacular, on the advantages of Once placed in a Sanskrit dresa, the Euro. pean system of anatomy would be accessible all over India for subsequent trassfer into the Hindl dialects of every province if requisite. and it was no trivial argument that the same work had been already printed in Arabic, and thus made available for the Musslmtn practitioners and for translatien into UrdCl when called fnr. if doubt existed as to the propriety of publishing in the learned lanraages, he submitted that the special Committee of medical men consulted on a purely professioaal point, were hardly competent judges, and be moved, as an amendment, That the question of the propriety of publication, he referred to the Committee of Papers in the ordinary course. The Pretident objected to the Committee of Papers because he thought they were more likely to have a leaning in favor of Sanskrlt. On taking the votes on the question by shew of hands the amendment was lost and the original motion carried by a majority, the Hattie of Bhbua RAM CosnyL SENA being added to the committee on the motion of Mr. hARE.. Read, the following reply from Government to the reference made in virtue of the resolution of Inst meeting ott the subject of the Oriental publication grant. No. 844, General Department.

To JAMES Pnnsgp, Esq.

SIR, See? dory to the Asiatic Society. I am directed by the Honorable the Deputy Governor of Bengal to acknowledge the receipt of your letter datedthe Itb instant with its enclosure, and in reply to state that under the circumstances represented his honor the Deputy Governor is led to believe that he shall onli’ conform to the wishes of the honorable the Court of Directors by giving to their Or. dera on the subject of Oriental Publications so much retrospective effect as shall relieve the Society from the debt it has incurred in completing the publication of the wdrks made over to it by Government. A Treasury order will accordingly be issued in favor of the Sub—Treasurer to enable him to pay to your receipt, on a bill to be drawn in the name of the Asiatic Society,Ibe sum of 2,500 Company’s rupees, which appears to be the amonni advanced by the Society as stated in Pars. S of your letter under reply. . The completion of the remaining volume of the Mnhhbhirata will fall within the natural appropriation of the monthly allowance prospectively assigned. I remain. &c. H. T. Prsp, Secretary to the Goeernment of Bengal.

Fort William, the 18th July, 1838. The Secretary to Government in reply to the Alif Leila reference, wished to learn the cost of the translation, and the number of volumes, previous to ddterinining on the amount of patronage to be bestowed. Library. The following books were presented: The Bulletin de is Sociétd de Geographic, 2nd series, vol. B—by Ike Gebgripk. Society of Paris. Result of astronomical observations made at the H. E. I. C. observatory at We. dres, by luotiAs GIANVILLE 1.4rLoR, Esq. H. C. Astronomer, vol. IV, 1836, 1837—by the Gorerjimenl. Defence orCoLicBaOoxs’s exposition of the Vedanta philosophy—by Sir GEAVU C. HAOGHTON. Recollections of the Deecan—by the Asthor. •

We must apologize for the Imperfection of this report as we kept no note. Mr. E. Sruttnm and others spoke on their experience of the HIndi Vaidyss up the country receIving ibrir instn.Ctoo in Sanaknt. whatever It might be in Bengsl.—(where every one know. Sanskr,t is moie m.d and better understood than elsewhere, because it is more closely dependent on the Saishrit fet all abstract termz4—ED.