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Stone tablets at the entrance to tlie Temple of Confucius. — Upon these great slabs of stone are cut 

 many of the Confucian classics. They are of great value and should be carefully housed instead of being 

 left to the destructive action of heat and cold. Chira should have an active society — an ArchiEological 

 Survey — financed by the government and administered by trained men, to guard and keep in repair her 

 ancient monuments, and thus preserve for the benefit of posterity priceless treasures of art and antiquity 



Marble bridge at the Ming tombs. — The bridge has been broken away at the end and within a few 

 years will be entirely destroyed unless some action is taken to preserve it 



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