rn,RP, on the right ground floor if^ the Library^ form- 

 ing the Librarian's office at the same time, and the 

 wing constitutes the Public Waiting Room. On the 

 left is the Ceylon Products' room and the left Aving is 

 the Archaeological room in which is placed the large 

 stone Lion from Polonenirva. 



The long gallery and two wings upstairs are de- 

 voted to Zoological specimens. The lights are tide 

 lights, buttress cases being placed between the win- 

 dows as in the celebrated Museum at Kew. The table 

 cases are placed transversely down the centre of the 

 rooms opposite the windows. Many of the cases are 

 country made, but the cases for the birds and insects 

 have been made in England as country made cases 

 would not be sufficiently dust proof. Behind the 

 building are the various offices, Taxidermists' rooms, 

 store-rooms and all admirably lighted and ventilated. 

 The classification of books in the Library is not 

 yet quite decided upon. It is a question of, first class 

 difficulty and has never yet been solved in any Libra- 

 ry. In the British Museum Library none is attempted, 

 the books being arranged alphabetically under the 

 authors' names, but in a small Library certain head- 

 ings are undoubtedly desirable, for instance works re- 

 lating to Ceylon etc. 



In the classification of the Zoological collection 

 any work that happens to be at hand at present is 

 taken as a guide. "Teidon " for mammals and birds, 

 the " Sentrv" Bnffon for insects and so on, but nlri- 



