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Directorate General of Cultural Relations. 18 November 1946.
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CYPRUS MISSION (Mediterranean)
Direction: Commandant C.F.A. Schaeffer, Director of Research at the (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, assisted by an archaeologist, an architect, a secretary-accountant.
Location and aim of the research: Main excavations at Enkomi near Famagusta (35°06'1"5t, 34°55' long. E). Clearing of a maritime town of the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC and of its Bronze Age necropoleis.
Periods of research: Winter 1946 and 1947.
Budget: 8.000 Cypriot pounds or 1.440.000 frs.
Cypriot pounds
| 150 | Transport of workmen and equipment Syria-Cyprus-Syria |
| 150 | hire of driver and car |
| 560 | food for 50 days |
| 225 | Purchase and hire of heavy equipment |
| 180 | Salary of the archaeologist 6 months |
| 120 | Salary of the archaeologist 3 months |
| 125 | Salary of a area foreman and inspector of the Antiquities Service |
| 100 | 2 gang leaders for 60 days of excavation |
| 1.250 | 100 workmen |
| 275 | hire of excavation ground |
| 60 | compensation for destruction of crops |
| 15 | Miscellaneous and unforeseen |
TOTAL: L. Chyp. 8.000
Francs 1.440.000
Payments: 1946 provisional payment: 800 Cypriot pounds (= 80.000 frs.) 1947 payment of credit balance: 7.500 L.C. (=1.196.000 frs) Payment to Commandant C.F.A. Schaeffer (address: Barclay's Bank), through Mr the Consul of France at Nicosia and the French Accountant Agent at Larnaca (island of Cyprus).
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