xviiL 



Annals of Natural History, J une to October. 

 Proceedings of Asiatic Society of Bengal for May, 1866. 

 Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal, Yol. 34, Pt. 1, and 

 Parts I. and II. of Journal for 1866 ; and 



A packet of papers presented by the University of Christiana. 

 Mr. De Zoysa promised to read a translation from the Mahawanso, 

 on Irrigation, at the next General Meeting, which was fixed for Decem- 

 ber 8, at 2 p. m. 



General Meeting, December 8, 1866. 



Dr. Fraser in the Chair. 

 Rev. B. Boake, Messrs. Dawson, Capper, Jones, Steward, Marsh, 

 Hawkins, Ondatjie, and Blake. 



The Secretary laid upon the table the following donations from 

 the Smithsonian Society of Washington :— 



Results of Meteorological Observations from 1854 to 1859, Vol. 2, 

 Part 1. 



Smithsonian Reports for 1861, 1862, and 1863. 



Annual Reports of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative 



Mythology, 1863, and 1864. 

 Journal of the Portland Society of Natural History, Vol. 1, No. 1* 

 Annnal Report of Lieut. -Col. J. D. Graham, on the Improvement 



of Harbours. 

 List of American Writers on recent Conchology. 

 Report of Lieut.- Col. J. D. Graham, U. S. Topographical 



Engineers. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vols. 13, 14. 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. 

 Proceedings of the Portland Society of Natural History, Vol. 1 = 



The following Gentlemen were elected Members of the Society: — • 

 Messrs. J. J. Grinlinton, F. Mackwood, W. H. St. Albin, 

 Staniforth Green, A. R. Dawson, L. Ludovici, J. Drie- 

 berg, and J. Prins. 



