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with a letter, No. 2776-1-41, of the Revenue and Agricul¬ 
tural Department of the Government of India, of the 
same date. 
(21) From Captain S. H. Godfrey (G. 10), a collection of miscel¬ 
laneous antiquities, from the Takla Makan, sent, from 
Leh, and consisting of (a) three blockprints, (b) a carved 
wooden box, (c) seven seals, ( d ) 54 coins, (e) 56 terra¬ 
cottas. This collection was received by me on the 29tli 
November, 1898, with his D. 0. letter, dated the 19th 
November, 1898. 
In the subsequent part of this report the contributions above 
enumerated will be referred to by the bracketed indications “ M. 1., 
G. 1,” etc. 
With regard to the contribution No. 12 (or G. 5), I should explain 
that of the objects constituting the collection the two books, also two 
leaves, one mud figure and three coins have been retained for the 
British collection. These were replaced by objects of a similar charac¬ 
ter taken from other portions of the British collection; and the whole, 
thus reconstituted, Captain Godfrey was permitted by the Government 
of India (see No. 159-1-4 of the Revenue and Agricultural Depart¬ 
ment, dated the 19th January, 1898), to give to Mr. Dauvergne for 
presentation to the “ French Archaeological Society.” They are now, 
as I learn from a letter received by me from M. A. Barth, in the hands 
of M. E. Senart in Paris. 
In addition to the antiquities, above enumerated, I may here mention 
one which I have also seen and examined, but 
Gold coin from which does not belong to the British collection, 
Khotan. but is the private property of Captain Godfrey. 
It is a gold coin regarding the acquisition of 
which Captain Godfrey, in private letters, dated the 30th October and 
25th November, 1897, informs me as follows : “ I had heard that gold 
coins were occasionally found by native treasure-seekers in the Takla 
Makan. As such coins are not liable to oxidisation, it was fairly 
certain that any obtainable might be of considerable numismatic, if not 
historical, interest. I accordingly requested Munshi Ahmad Din and 
other native gentlemen to make enquiries as to whether a specimen 
could be procured. Dr. Chiraghu-d-din, formerly Hospital Assistant at 
Kasbghar, very kindly obtained one for me from a Muhammadan priest 
in Khotan who had himself purchased it, together with certain seals, 
from a treasure-seeker there. The coin was, it is stated, exhumed 
from the soil in the desert together with those seals. For the latter 
a very high price was asked, for which reason the doctor did not buy 
