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Broken lintels and missing chhajja slabs have been replaced and the floors improved by putting down lime concrete.
The British tomb enclosure in the south-east was attended to, the loose railings were refixed with bolts and nuts and the standards and railings painted. At Mariam's tomb four decayed brackets at the south were dismantled and replaced by new ones, necessitating the resetting of the chhajja slabs they supported. As the north-east corner was out-of-plumb, it was dismantled and reset, screened twin tie rods being inserted into to take the thrust of the arch. Now that the yield of the tube-well at Sikandra is more than ample for the grounds at Akbar's tomb it is advisable to extend the pipe line to Miriam's tomb and to lay out the grounds within the enclosure. A lay out plan for these grounds is in existence. A length of 70' of the fallen city wall at Fathpur Sikri was rebuilt and the pathways leading to the Samosa Mahal and another in front of Faizi's School were paved. The broken dusty floor of the Rang Mahal was relaid with stone slabs over 3" lime concrete and an iron turnstile was provided to prevent the ingress of cattle. Decayed brackets, shafts, and lintels of the third column from the east of Birbal's Stable were also replaced by new ones, as had been occasionally done also in previous years. Since, however, all the dangerously weak ones have now been changed it is not proposed to carry out any further replacement. About a mile of road was renewed with stone ballasts which, in the locality, is cheaper than kankar, but as the steam road roller could not enter the courtyard of the Diwan-i-Am on account of the narrow gateway this portion of the road was renewed with kankar. A species of rank vegetation has been entirely eradicated by the simple process of removing it before the seeds had formed.
The Dâk Bungalow continues to be popular. The furniture belonging to the District Board has been returned and that belonging to the Public Works Department purchased at a cost of Rs. 1,772. The renovation of the furniture, and crockery and cutlery is being considered and it is hoped that another year will see furniture and fittings worthy of the bungalow and the site. Rs. 3,589 were spent on the repairs to the old Baoli Well. The work done during the year was the clearing of debris, the refacing with carved and plain stones of the whole of the causeway and the replacement of decayed columns and other ornament of the dalans. The work is still in progress. A further portion of the fallen wall at Jagner was rebuilt and extensive jungle clearance carried out. At the Tomb of Rashid Khan at Rashidabad, Farrukabad District, several chhajja stones were replaced, vegetation from the domes rooted out and the crevices filled with lime concrete. At Daulat's tomb at Mehnagar, Azamargh District, 3" concrete floor has been laid in the cenotaph chamber, the graves repaired and the jungle cleared. At Aurangzeb's Mosque at Benares another portion of the stone flagging in the courtyard was completed and a stone jāli was provided over the north door of the tomb of Lal Khan situated in the southern corner of the Raj Ghat plateau. The broken parapets of the Stone Bridge at Bhitari, Ghazipur District, were repaird, the jungle cleared and holes in the ramps filled in.
