 Gold letters were replaced with black ink which made it easier to read.The metal "hti"s of the "kyauksa gu"s were replaced with stone paid for by members of the royal family (155), former officers of the royal army (58), Shan Saophas and Myosas (102), and public donations (414).In 1913 Sir Po Tha, a rice trader of Rangoon, had the pagoda repaired and regilded.