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to be made in those portions of Avebury stone circle and earthworks 
which were his own property. He was deeply interested in the work, 
and was anxious that it should be carried out in a thorough manner, 
so as to yield results which might solve finally the problem of the 
age of this splendid monument. 
The Production of Certified Copies of Hausa Manuscripts.— 
Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. KE. 8. HARTLAND 
(Chairman), Professor J. Li. Myres (Secretary), Mr. W. 
CRooKE, and Major A. J. N. TREMEARNE. 
Arter careful consideration of the question in all its bearings the 
Committee decided to accept the proposal of Messrs. Bale, Sons, & 
Danielsson, Limited, to print the Hausa manuscript tales, collected 
by Major Tremearne, as a companion volume to that already in pre- 
paration for him, and to provide twenty copies for the purposes of 
the Committee, in consideration of a grant of 201. towards the expense 
of printing. Major Tremearne has undertaken to certify the accuracy 
of these twenty copies, after comparison with his manuscript, and 
to adopt an approved system of transliteration in preparing the tales 
for the press. The printing is already in hand, and the volume of 
tales should be ready for publication early in the autumn of 1913. 
Artificial Islands in the Lochs of the Highlands of Scotland.— 
Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. R. Munro 
(Chairman), Mr. A. J. B. Wack (Secretary), and Professors 
W. Boyp Dawxins, J. L. Myrss, and W. Ripceway, on the 
distribution thereof. 
THE Committee have received the following report from Dom Odo 
Blundell, of Fort Augustus, in continuation of the two previous reports 
of the Committee. Much fresh information has been collected, and 
a grant has been made by the Carnegie Trust to Dr. Munro for the 
excavation of the island in Loch Kinellan, which it is hoped to under- 
take at the first opportunity. In view of the proposed excavation, 
the Committee ask to be reappointed with the balance of last year’s 
grant and a fresh grant of 101. 
APPENDIX. 
Report from Dom Ovo Buunpetu, O.S.B. 
Since the report of last year several islands have been visited, 
and an application has been made for means to excavate the 
island in Loch Kinellan. By request of the shooting tenant, no work 
was to be done in this island till after the end of June, so that up 
to the date of writing it has not been possible to investigate this 
example further. 
Loch Tay.—Mr. Hugh Mitchell has continued his examination of 
the examples in this loch, which he thus summarises in a recent letter ; 
