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III. Those monuments which from their advanced stage of decay 

 or comparative-unimportance it is impossible or unnecessary 

 to preserve. 



The monuments in Classes I. and II. were to be further sub- 

 divided, thus — 



I. (a) and II„ (a). Monuments in the possession or charge of 

 Government, or in respect of which Government must under- 

 take the cost of all measures of conservation. 



I. (b) and II. (b). Monuments in the possession or charge of 

 private bodies or individuals. 



Due provision was to be made for the proper custody and keeping 

 up of the monuments in Classes I. and II., the detailed arrange- 

 ments being left to the discretion of the Local Governments, and 

 the cost being charged to the Public Works Allotment of each 

 province. In very special cases the Government of India promised 

 to consider whether any further assistance should be granted from 

 Imperial funds. 



But when all these lists eventually came to be submitted, they 

 were found to be drawn up on such very dissimilar plans, that a 

 satisfactory amalgamation was hopeless. A prescribed form, con- 

 taining blank spaces for insertion of all necessary particulars 

 respecting the district, locality, name of object, any local history 

 or tradition regarding it, custody or present use, present state of 

 preservation, whether restoration is desirable and possible, whether 

 photographs, plans, or drawings of the buildings exist, and miscel- 

 laneous remarks, was sketched out and the old lists were returned 

 to the various provincial administrations to be revised in consultation 

 with the Archaeological Department. Those for Madras, Bombaj'-, 

 and the Haidarabad assigned districts were drawn up and edited 

 by Dr. Burgess. 



The Bengal list had been printed in 1879, and a revised list 

 was issued from the Bengal Secretariat Press in 1887. In 

 1885 the lists of antiquarian remains in Bombay, Sindh, and 

 Berar were published. They had been compiled by Dr. Burgess 

 from materials supplied by the Revenue, Educational, and other 

 officers, and the task had proved anything but easy, owing to 

 the unsatisfactory character of the data frequently furnished. 

 A very favourite description was " This temple consists of 

 stones placed one upon another," an account which failed to 



