1884.] Govt. Resolution regarding Treasure Trove. 185 



2. Collectors and District Officers should be instructed to invari- 



x mi, • -i i • L ., a &^/ acquire under section 16 of the 



* These include coins struck at A 

 Calcutta, Moorshedabad, Benares, Act the whole of any coins found, whe- 

 Surat, Arcot in the name of Shah ther gold, silver or copper, that appear 

 Alum, dated 19th Juloos. & ' *Jl . ' . /^ 



to be old and not or British mintage.* 



f Burma, Assam, S.E. Provinces, The coins so acquired should be sent to 

 Central Provinces will send to the ,, A . ,. a • ±. p,t-i^ 

 Bengal Asiatic Society. the Asiatic bociety of the Presidency in 



which the coins are discovered,! and the 



Society concerned should report to the Local Government in whose 



Province the coins are found the number and nature of the coins, and 



their probable numismatic value. When possible the Local Government 



should present the following institutions with one specimen of each coin 



which may be deemed by the Society deserving of preservation, viz. : — 



1. The Asiatic Society of the Presidency in which the coins 



were found. 



2. ") The Asiatic Societies of the other Presidencies in the 



3. ) following order — Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay. 



4. The Indian Museum. 



5. The British Museum. 



6. The Lahore Museum. 



7. The Nagpnr Museum. 



8. Any other local Museum the Local Government may select. 



3. When only one specimen is found, it should be sent to the 

 Indian Museum. If more than one specimen, but not sufficient for all 

 the institutions named, are found, they should be distributed, as far as 

 they will go, in the order laid down in the preceding paragraph. If a 

 sufficient number of coins is found to leave a surplus after distribution 

 to all the institutions named, such surplus should be offered for sale to 

 collectors of coins at their numismatic value for one year — notice of the 

 fact will no doubt be published in the Journals of the Asiatic Societies 

 gratis, as a return for obtaining their specimens free of cost. These 

 sales should be conducted by the Mint authorities of the Presidency to 

 whom the Societies should make over the balance of the coins after 

 distribution to the institutions. The Mint authorities might from time 

 to time advertize coins in the Government Gazette, Part II, and keep a 

 register ef Numismatists who wish to have the opportunity of purchas- 

 ing coins. Any coins not sold, and any coins not worth selling, should 

 be dealt with by the Mints and melted down. 



4. Collectors and District Officers should, at the same time, be 

 empowered to purchase any coins of the age and description stated above, 

 when they are less than rupees ten in value, from finders, on the terms 



