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Cromlechs forming regular well-closed chambers, unlike those found 

 elsewhere, were the dwellings, and the smaller stone cists and tumuli 

 the sepulchral monuments of these almost hypothetical races ? 



In conclusion I beg to state that similar Cromlechs and mono- 

 liths are said to exist in Kiggutnad in South Coorg, and also near 

 Fraserpett in East Coorg, on the borders of Mysore, regarding which 

 I would propose to submit a separate report hereafter. Soliciting the 

 Commissioner's sanction to an expenditure of 2 or 300 Rs. in making 

 further excavations, I have &c. 



The correspondence was closed by a letter from Sir R. Temple, 

 Foreign Secretary to Government of India, to the Commissioner of 

 Coorg, dated 9th April, stating : — 



I am directed by the G-overnor- General in Council to acknowledge 

 the receipt of your letter dated 11th ultimo, No. 59, with an enclosure 

 from the Superintendent of Coorg, reporting the discovery by 

 Lieutenant J. S. F. Mackenzie of a number of Cromlechs or sepulchral 

 monuments in the vicinity of Veerajpett, in South Coorg, and 

 forwarding three drawings executed by Lieutenant W. Freeth, of a 

 large double Cromlech and two single ones of a smaller size, together 

 with lithographed copies and plans. 



2. His Excellency in Council desires that the thanks of the 

 Government of India may be conveyed to Captain R. A. Cole and 

 to the officers who have assisted him, for the interesting information 

 contained in his letter to your address, and for the drawings which 

 accompanied it. 



3. The Governor- General in Council requests that the necessary mea- 

 sures may be taken for the conservation of these archaaological remains, 

 and that memoirs may be prepared in accordance with the instruc- 

 tions laid down in the Circular of the 14th February last, issued by 

 the Home Department. 



4. As regards the proposal of Captain Cole to carry out further 

 excavations, the Financial Department will be requested to place a sum 

 of Rs. 300 at the disposal of that officer for the work in question. 



The reading of the following was deferred till next Meeting :— 

 Letters from Mr. W. T. Blanford from Abyssinia. 

 On the Anatomy of Sagartia Schilleriana and Membranipora 

 Bengalensis, by F. Stoliczka, Esq. 



