Patronage of Literature Fund

WE are informed by the Punjab Text Book Committee that the time is drawing near for the consideration of publications submitted in connection with the Patronage of Literature Fund. This Fund is maintained for the encouragement of vernacular literature, and awards are annually made for works in Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu. The Committee confines its patronage to works produced in the Punjab by residents of the province. The rules framed for the guidance of the Committee exclude from the scope of the Fund books dealing with religious and political topics of a sectarian or controversial nature, technical and professional manuals, or text-books, pamphlets of less than 100 octavo pages, and those not suitably bound and printed.