CHRONOLOGY of the Research of ancient SANSKṚIT & PRĀKṚIT MSS. [16]
CHRONOLOGY of the Research of ancient SANSKṚIT & PRĀKṚIT MSS. [16]
From C. A. ELLIOTT, Esq., Secretary to the Government of the North-Western Provinces, to the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,—
No. 2816A., dated Allahabad, the 1st December 1874.
With reference to Home Department Resolution No. 4341, dated 3rd November 1868, sanctioning a grant of R 1,6oo per annum to the North-Western Provinces for the cataloguing and purchase of Sanskrit manuscripts, and Financial Resolution No. 689, dated 31st May 1869, authorizing the utilization of the saving of the annual allowance for five years, I am directed to say that the period of five years expired on 31st March 1874, and to report what progress has been made.
2. Two hundred copies of Part I of the Catalogue of Manuscripts examined have been printed and distributed as directed by the Government of India, and the total expenditure up to the end of September 1874 amounts to R 1, 053-5- 10, while liabilities have been incurred to the extent of R 1, 769-4-0, making a total of R 2, 822-9-10.
3. Mr. Griffith, to whom the supervision of the work has been entrusted, writes as follows:—
"Sanskrit scholars in Europe, for whose benefit the work has been begun under the orders of the Government of India, are anxiously expecting the completion of what they call the 'Literary Survey of India' ; and I suppose the examination and cataloguing of manuscripts must be continued in the North-Western Provinces, as the work is still going on under other Governments and Administrations. I propose, however, to reduce the size and cost of future parts of the Catalogue by the omission of all details in the case of such manuscripts as are manifestly of no interest or importance."
4. Mr. Griffith's name is in itself sufficient guarantee that the work has been, and will be, done in a satisfactory manner. I am accordingly to recommend that sanction may be given to cover the expenditure and liabilities incurred in the past; and that a further sum of R 2,ooo be placed 'to Mr. Griffith's credit for the continuance of the work. When that is expended, further report can be made to the Government of India.
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No. 2817A.
Copy forwarded to the Director of Public Instruction, North-Western Provinces, for information, with reference to his letter No. 857G., dated 11th November.
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