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Museum or other safe place of deposit, where they can be seen and 

 studied by all who take an interest in the ancient art, religion, or 

 language of the Island. 



3. If the arrangements necessary for securing any object worthy 

 of removal to a local Museum cannot be made without much difficulty 

 or expense by local officers, a special report should be addressed to the 

 Government. 



4. Government Agents will furnish the Government with a 

 descriptive catalogue of the contents of any local Museum within their 

 Provinces, and will report all fresh antiquarian discoveries. 



5. Government Agents are at liberty to arrange with the Com- 

 mittee of the Colombo Museum, either for the transfer to the Museum 

 of any object the Committee may wish to acquire or for obtaining 

 casts or other impressions of it. In dealing with such cases due 

 weight should be attached to the desirability of completing any 

 particular Archaeological series of importance. 



12. Read letter dated December 16, 1890, from the 

 Archaeological Commissioner, Mr. H. C. P. Bell, C.C.S., 

 suggesting that the whole of the unexpended balance of the 

 " Excavation Fund," or some portion of it, be voted for the 

 prosecution of some further Archaeological work at Anu- 

 radhapura of a permanent and generally interesting nature : — 



Sir, — I have the honour to address you regarding the unexpended 

 balance of the "Excavation Fund" in the hands of the Honorary 

 Treasurer of the Society. 



I understand that this fund has remained untouched since the 

 expenditure incurred by Mr. S. M. Burrows in excavating the East 

 Chapel of the Mirisawetiya Dagaba, and that the balance amounts to 

 nearly Bs. 650. 



It may be assumed that the money has been allowed to lie dormant 

 so long, owing to no desirable and legitimate use for it having been 

 suggested to the Society. 



In this view it has occurred to me to move the Council of the 

 Society to vote the whole balance, or some portion of it, to the prose- 

 cution of some further Archaeological work at Anuradhapura of a 

 permanent and generally interesting nature. 



For my part I shall be glad to be of any service to the Society in 

 supervising the carrying out of such work whilst stationed at Anu- 

 radhapura, and to furnish the Society with a statement of results and 

 expenditure. 



Among many alternative undertakings, all attractive, I venture to 

 propose three for the consideration of the Council. The Government 

 Agent (Mr. R. W. levers), with whom I have already discussed the 

 question, permits me to state that he coincides fully with the selection— 



(i) The restoration of one of the two "Pavilions" near the 

 Ruwanweli Dagoba (Lawton, vol. JX, 171-72 ; Hogg. 32). 



(ii) The restoration of some portion of the unique "Buddhist 

 Railing " recently discovered by me near the Abhayagiri. 



ARCHiEOLOGY. 



No. 148. 



Anuradhapura, December 16, 1890. 



