CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Office Bearers ... ... ... v. 



Rules of the Society ... ... ... vii. 



Do. Library ... ... ... xi. 



Do. Museum ... ... ... xii. 



List of Members. ... ... ... xiii. 



Treasurer's Account from 4th December 1867, to 22nd March 



1870 ... ... ... xv. 



Proceedings of Meetings ... ... ...xvii. — xl. 



On the Origin of the Sinhalese Language. — By James De Alwis, 



Esq., M. R. A. S. ... ... ... 1 



A Lecture on Budhism. — By the Rev. D. J. Gogerly, with Notes 



by the Rev. David De Silva ... ... 87 



Description of two Birds new to the recorded Fauna of Ceylon. — 



By H. Nevill, Esq. ... ... ... 138 



Description of a new Genus, and five new species of Marine Uni- 

 valves from the Southern Province, Ceylon. — By G, Nevill, C. 

 M. Z. S., and H. Nevill, Hon. Sec. R. A. S, (C. B.), F. Z. S.... 141 



A brief notice of Robert Knox and his companions in captivity in 

 Kandy for the space of twenty years, discovered jiinong the 

 Dutch Records preserved in the Colonial Secretary's Office, 

 Colombo, and translated into English. — By J. R. Blake ... 143 



Summary of the Contents of the First Book in the Buddhist 



Canon called the Parajika Book.- — By the Rev. S. Coles ... 151 



Parajika Book— No. I. ... ... 164 



Parajika Book— No. n. ... ... ... 180 



