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interest and confidence in its stability and usefulness, along with 

 expressions of sympathy and co-operation by several kindred instituti- 

 ons, afford a reasonable presumption, that notwithstanding the un- 

 promising results of several attempts to establish Literary and Sci- 

 entific associations in Ceylon, your Society is now based on a per- 

 manent foundation. 



In accordance with a Resolution passed at the General Meeting 

 of September 1847, a correspondence has been opened with the 

 China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, which will very pro- 

 bably elicit interesting information respecting the character and in- 

 fluence of Budhism in that extensive empire. This is a field o£ 

 investigation which abundantly repays every effort to explore it, and 

 it must be gratifying to your Society that its proceedings in this 

 department are likely to attract the attention of eminent scholars in 

 the continents of Asia and Europe. 



A correspondence has also been commenced with the Batavian 

 Society of Arts and Sciences, and your Committee anticipates that 

 the results will be mutually beneficial. 



The following notice of papers which have been read at the Ge- 

 neral Meetings, during the year, shows the direction of the So- 

 cieties operations. 



The Mineralogy of Ceylon. 



History of Jaffna from the earliest period to the conquest of 

 the Island by the Dutch. 



Manufacture of Salt by Solar Evaporation as practised in the 

 Chi law District. 



Extracts from the Pansiya-panasjataka. 



Notes on the Rise and Fall of the Calany Ganga from 1844 

 till 184 7, 



Notes on the Rock.- Inscriptions and Hot-Springs in Battica- 

 loa District. 



Notes on the Climate and Salubrity of Putlam. 

 The Revenue and Expenditure of the Dutch Government in Cey - 

 lon, during the last years of its administration. 



On some of the Coins, Ancient and Modern of Ceylon. 



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