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luscs, Sea Anemones and Planaria, found in the Harbour of 

 Trincomalie, by Dr. Kelaart ; and also a paper by Mr. J* 

 Alwis, on the supposed identity between Nagasena, of Bud- 

 histical Annals, and Nagarjuna, the character who holds a 

 distinguished place in the Raja Tarangini. The three last 

 papers will be read to the Society, and the Committee have 

 no doubt but they will be found of sufficient interest to be 

 submitted to the Committee of Papers with a view to their 

 publication. 



Your Committee desire to bring to the notice of the So- 

 ciety, the state of its Library and Museum. 



In addition to the Reports and Medals of the Great 

 Exhibition of 1851, entrusted to the Society, the Committee 

 have to acknowledge the presentation by His Excellency 

 The Governor, of sixteen volumes of the original prospec- 

 tusses of the various exhibitors ; the Reports and Medals of 

 the Paris Exhibition, awarded to this Island; and the 

 Report, &c, of the Madras Exhibition. They also beg to 

 acknowledge the receipt of many valuable works in the 

 course of the past year. 



These presentations and donations invest your Society 

 with a character and importance which it is desirable to 

 maintain. As the only Literary and Scientific Institution 

 in the Island, the value of its Library cannot be over esti- 

 mated. Travellers from several parts of Europe, to some of 

 whom your Committee have lately afforded access, have 

 thankfully acknowledged its worth. And to the Scholar 

 and the Orientalist it affords a fund of knowledge which is 

 elsewhere sought in vain. 



In view of these considerations, therefore, your Committee 

 recommend the purchase of all works having reference to 

 Ceylon, with which the Library has not as yet been fur- 

 nished ; and also the acquisition of many Oriental works of 

 undoubted interest and usefulness, among which may be 



