272

jet Actober 1861.

3.

Mr. Perceval of the Firm

of Jardine Matheson HC. as chairman of the Committee of the

Home has addressed me

enclosed letter, asking

assistance

from

the

some

Sovernment

in furtherance of their design.

4.

I transmit also

a list

of

subscriptions already given,

Report

of a meeting

the 20th December last.

5.

held

and

I am informed that the Institution will be conducted on

the rules that

guide similar

Establishments in England, and that the Committee are in

اجه

نے میراک

کو میری

of

Communication with certain these Retablishments for the purene

of perfecting their Regulations.

I have cared Mr. Perccont

not

6.

to be informed that I do urt feel

t

myself justified in acceding his request, but that the matter shall be referred for your brace's Opinion and decision.

7. Staving given

the application

careful consideration. I think that in aid of is useful a public object a grants may be properly made from the Revenue of the

Colony. I would

8.

suggest

the

Jum

as a suitable

of 5,000 Dollars as a

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