Letter from Megaw to Schaeffer on land leased for cultivation, with an enclosed plan and Schaeffer's replyArthur Hubert Stanley Megaw

Printed: GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS

Printed: DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES

NICOSIA 11th August, 1956.

Tel. No.: [printed] Our Ref.: 53/52 Your Ref.: [printed]

Dear Prof. Schaeffer,

The time has come round again to decide which parts of the acquired area at Enkomi should be leased for cultivation. The new leases would be for one year starting on 1st September. I attach a tracing on which the excavated areas are shown and also the plot numbers and would be greatful if you would indicate the plots, or parts of plots, in which you do not propose to excavate in your next season. I note that the cultivation rents paid to your account last year amounted to £20.750, and since then we have acquired some new areas including those along the west wall.

[handwritten: Dear Mr Megaw, thanks for yours of ] [handwritten: letter of August 11th . The plots on the west wall plots] The owner of the land of these west wall plots we have lately had to pay £5 from your account for compensation covering the period between the last payment and the [handwritten: ] date on which the purchase price was paid. As no funds existed in your deposit account we transferred [handwritten: ] from the balance of your last contribution for acquisitions in which £1,982.2.6 and £350 mils [handwritten: ] have no further acquisition expenditure in view but I would be obliged if you would send when convenient £70 to cover your half share of the wages and cost of living allowance of the custodian during the first half of the current year. The exact figure is £69.4.7.

[handwritten: Pending a cheque for £7.2.15 to replenish my deposit account.] [handwritten: I will hope that the interfere with our work the ]

I was very distressed to hear that his consignment of vases from Kition suffered heavy damage in transit to the Louvre. I await a report from those who carried out the packing as it was to have been in charge the same man who packed the last Kouklia vase consignments, which appear to have arrived intact. It seems possible that the damage was responsible for the damage. [handwritten: packing on the voyage]

Handwritten: Yours sincerely

[handwritten: [signature]]

Handwritten: I confirm my letter of ... today a copy of Scrve's report on the damage to his share of the Kition vase.

Prof. C.F.A. Schaeffer, M.A., D.Litt., Le Castel-Blanc, 11, Rue Turgot, St. Germain-en-Laye.

[handwritten: faint pencil note at lower left: [illegible]] [handwritten: faint pencil note at bottom: Enclosure of the new excavated areas plan ]