CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The Laws of the Buddhist Priesthood. — By the Rev. 



D. J. Gogerly ... ... ... 253 



Notes on the Mythological Legends of the Sinhalese. — 



By J. De Alwis, Esq., Assistant Secretary ... 262 



A Statistical Enquiry into the state of Crime in Ceylon. — 



By J. Capper, Esq., Honorary Secretary 293 



Sinhalese Rhetoric. — By J. De Alwis, Esq., Assistant 



Secretary ... ... ... 308 



Scripture Botany of Ceylon. — By W. Ferguson, Esq. 316 



Remarks on the supposed identity between Nagarjuna 

 and Nagasena. — By J. De Alwis, Esq., Assistant 

 Secretary ... ... ... v . 346 



Expenditure on Public Works in Ceylon. — By J. 



Capper, Esq., Honorary Secretary . ... 354 



Appendix: — Proceedings of Meetings ..... ... i 



Society's Circular.. ... ... .. xii 



Correspondence concerning the Mauritius Exhibition xiv 

 Correspondence with the Society of Arts ... xv 



E RRA T A. 



Pages 1 24 should have been numbered 253 — 276. 



