JOURNAL 



OF THE 



CEYLON BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



1873. 



PART I. 



EDITED BY 



■THE HONORARY SECRETARY. 



" The design of the Society is to 'institute and promote enquiries 

 into the History, Religion, Literature, Arts and Social condition of the 

 present and former inhabitants of 'this Island, with its Geology, 

 Mineralogy, its Climate and Meteorology, its Botany and Zoology."-— 

 Rules. 



Pries to Members, per Number 23., to Non-Msmbers , 4s. 

 Copies are supplied to Booksellers at Home, at 5s. 



Communications intended for publication in the Journal, must be 

 forwarded to the Secretary at least a fortnight before the as- 

 sembly of the General Meeting at which they are to be submitted. 



COLOMBO : 



PRINTED AT THE "CEYLON TIMES" PRESS. 



1873. 



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