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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 
From Lieut.-Col. H. Yule, 
Secg. to the Govt, of India. 
To Col. A. Cunningham, Engineers, 
Public Works Department , 
Port William , 31$£ January , 1862. 
General. 
Sir, —With reference to what passed at your interview with His 
Excellency the Viceroy at Allahabad in November last, and past 
demi-official correspondence, His Excellency the Governor General in 
Council has been pleased to appoint you Archaeological Surveyor to 
the Government of India with effect from the 1st December last. 
2. Whilst so employed, you will receive a staff salary of Its. 450 
a month in addition to the pay and allowances of your rank. 
3. You will also be at liberty to expend money not exceeding 
Its, 250 in any one month, on account of measurements, excavations, 
drawing, and minor mechanical assistance, for which and for your 
allowances you can submit monthly contingent bills to the Controller 
and Examiner, Bengal. 
4. The course of your investigations will be that sketched out in 
the Memorandum which you submitted to His Excellency the Gover¬ 
nor-General, passing from South Behar into Tirhoot, Goruckpoor, 
and Fyzabad. 
5. I am to request that you will be good enough to furnish this 
Department regularly with a brief monthly statement of the locali¬ 
ties and general character of the objects that have occupied you 
during the month. 
I have, &c., 
(Sd.) II. Yule, Lieut.-Colonel, 
Secy, to the Govt, of India , 
From Lieut.-Col. H. Yule, 
Secy, to the Govt of India. 
To Col. A. Cunningham, 
Archaeological Surveyor to the Govt, of India. 
Public Works Department , 
Port William , 2i st February, 1862. 
General. 
Antiquities. 
Sir,—I am directed to send for your use two printed copies of 
