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llie Administi ation -wlicnever desiiable. If a 
G(Ologi(al Mufenm is e^-tablidied, it would not 
be beyond the reach of any one v,ho really wished 
to derive any information from it, wliile it would 
gain by being attached to tlie officers of the 
Geological Suivey, both in the greater attention 
whicli could be paid to it ai,d in the greater 
facility with which visitors, desiriirg more informa- 
tion than was obtainable from the show cases, 
could consult the unexliibited collections of the 
survey. 
On the oilier hand, the climate of Kandy though 
preferable to Colombo is still far from peifect ; 
the lemjrerature is somewhat high for the woik 
of the laboratory, which is best carried on at a 
temperature of about 60 degrees F., and for this 
reason I cannot recommend the adoption of Kandy 
as a site for the headquarters, though it would be 
preferable to Colombo. Its selection can only be 
justified if considered imperative on the score of 
its central position. 
As a minor objection to Kandy I may, urge the 
lack of facilities for social intcrcouise, exercise, 
and relaxation. When men have been out in 
the districts for months, and for the greater 
part of that time leading a solitary life with- 
out companionship, it is undersirable to bring 
them into a place where, after their day's office 
work is over, there are practically no means of 
throwing off for a wliile all thought of the subjects 
they have been dealing with during the day, and 
finding in some active form of relaxation that 
change and rest to the brain which is to be desired, 
if only on the purely mercenary grounds of enabl- 
ing them to turn out a larger and better daily task 
of work. This consideration is not, of course, to be 
Riven a foremost rank, bat v/here there ars no 
stronger grounds for giving preference, to one 
place over another, it should be all w ed to turn the 
Bcale. 
NUWARA ELIYA KECOMMENDED. 
Nuwara Eliya has not only the advantages re- 
ferred to in the last paragraph, but is in every 
other way preferable to Kandy or Colombo, si far 
as considerations confined to the place itself are 
concerned. Not only is the climate the best adapted, 
of the three possible places, to recruit the health of 
the officers after their field season and to give them 
vigour for the next, but the temperature is just 
that at which the work of the laboratory c'.n be 
best carried on. Against this is only to be placed 
the greater distance from Colombo, in consequence 
of which it would obviously be useless to attach 
a museum to the offices of the Geological 
Survey. It would, howevei', be possible to 
have the museum in Colombo, where it 
might bo attached to the existing Museuu), the 
stall' of cleaners and caretakers being placed under 
the Director of that institution, and the exhibited 
specimens periodically arranged and new ones 
added ))y aii officer of the Geological Survey, 
So far as the Survey itself is concerned, the 
disadvantages of this separation of the museum 
from its offices would be outweighed by the ad- 
vantages of having the headquarters in Nuwara 
Eliya; for it is not tiie specimens exhibited to 
the public that will be most used by the Survey 
for reference, but I be much more numerous, 
though less showy, si)ecimens which aie kept 
stored away in drawers. So far as the general 
public are concerned, the place where the head- 
f|uarters of the Survey are situated is of little 
importance, as nearly all references made to it 
will be by letter ; ai'id so far as personal refcr- 
eucgs uv^ concerned, it o|jeu to (question 
whether Kandy would be moie convenient than 
Nuwara Eliya. I fancy that a larger proportion, 
of thofe who would wish to consult the Depart- 
ment jier-onally, come to Nuwara Eliya than 
to Kandy, when they lind it desirable to escape 
from the climate of the lowlands of Ceylon. 
To sum up, the permanent headquarters of the 
Depart. iient should be established eitlier at Nuwara 
Itliya or Kandy and not at Colombo; of these two 
I would rcconimend the former rather than ihe 
latter, if there are not good administrative reasons 
against it. If it is decided to form a local 
Museum of Mineralogy and Geology under the 
charge of the Geological Sui \ ey, this s-hould be 
attached to, and in the same building as, the 
headquarters office and laboratory, f these are 
established at Kandy; but if they are established 
in Nuwara Eliya, then the museum should be in 
Colombo and in the same grounds as, if not built 
on to, the existing Museum. 
SI'ECIAL LEGISLATION. 
There remains but the question of special legis- 
lation to be considered. This, I undeistand, will 
not be necessary, but as the uiatter is one which 
should be referred to a legal expert I may indi- 
cate the powers which it will be necessary to 
give to the officers of the Geological Survey, if 
they ai e not |irovided for in existing Laws and 
Ordinances. They are, power to enter on private 
lands for the purpose of survey and examination, 
to clear paths where necessary through jungle, to 
enter anil examine every part of any n)ine, to 
call for information regarding the extent and pro- 
duce and inspect the plans and records — not the 
accounts — of any mine or quarry. If s)jecial legis- 
lation is required to confer these powers, it 
would be well to include in Ihe Ordinance clauses 
covering the provisions of headings ], 2, and 3 
of the annexed draft abstract of Kegulalions for 
the Geological Survej', of which the clause re- 
lating to official secrecy is most important. The 
lines of the Act of Parlianjent establishing the 
Geological Survey of Great Britain might with 
advantage be followed, with such modifications 
as may be necessary to fit it to local conditions. 
II.— ORGANIZATION. 
• STAFF REQUIRED 
For the working of such a Department a mini- 
mum of three officers would be required, who 
■\\ould have to be engaged in England ; except 
for clerical and menial positions it will be im- 
possible to employ either native or locally trained 
assistance at fi)st, though when the Survey is 
established it may be possible to employ locally 
recruited assistants in subordinate positions, as 
collectors or for prospecting. If an agronomic 
survey is combined with the geological, four men 
would be required, but it is undesirable to go 
beyond this strength, both because a stronger 
establishment will be unnecessary and because 
it would be difficult to recruit even that number 
of competent men at once. At the same time it 
would be undesirable to contemplate the employ- 
ment of a smaller number, as with less than three 
it would be impossible to maintain continuity of 
the work. 
DIRECTOR. 
Of the men engaged, one should be placed in 
charge of the administration of the Department, 
who should be responsible for its conduct, and 
through whom all orders from or communi- 
cations to the Govei ninent should pass. On the 
ghoice of this man, who might Ibe called thg 
