No. 46.— 1895.] PROCEEDINGS. 



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Catalogue. 



A classified catalogue of the books in the Library was prepared 

 under instructions from your Council and laid before them. 



It was then pointed out by the Secretaries that it would be more 

 advisable, both for the sake of reference and convenience, not to group 

 titles of books under various sub-heads, but to have a Dictionary 

 Catalogue under authors and subjects with cross references. After 

 much discussion it was resolved that a new catalogue be drawn up on 

 the lines of the Museum Catalogue. This is being prepared, and will 

 shortly be submitted to the Council. 



Index to Journals* 



The Index to the Journals referred to in the Report for 1893 has 

 been completed, and is at present going through the Press. This work 

 will supply a long-felt want, and will add greatly to the value and 

 utility of the Society's Journals. Its clearness and completeness 

 reflect great credit on the author. The work consists of (1) Table of 

 Contents with Pagination and Correction Tables ; (2) General Index to 

 the Journals ; (3) Scientific Indices, Zoological and Botanical ; (4 ) 

 Index to the Proceedings and Appendices. 



The Table of Contents is based on the list of the Society's Journals 

 and Proceedings issued in 1891, and in it are entered the titles of all 

 the essays which have appeared in the Journals, together with the 

 names of their contributors. 



In the General Index to the Journals entries are followed by three 

 sets of figures ; of these, the capital Roman figures refer to volumes, 

 the bracketed figures denote part numbers, and the succeeding figures 

 indicate the pages. The names of the authors of Papers, as quoted in 

 the Table of Contents, are repeated in alphabetical order in the 

 General Index, where also they are followed by the requisite numeri- 

 cal references. Particulars of the Papers contributed by each 

 author may thus be ascertained by first referring to his name in the 

 General Index, and then turning to the Table of Contents, wherein the 

 titles of the Papers are likewise followed by reference numbers. 



In the Scientific Indices the figures following the entries are 

 arranged in the same manner as in the General Index. These indices 

 are alphabetical arrangements of the Zoological and Botanical generic 

 names occurring throughout the Journals. 



In the Index to the Proceedings, &c, capital Roman figures refer to 

 volumes as before, bracketed figures denote the dates of the proceedings, 

 and the succeeding (small Roman) figures indicate the pages. Parti- 

 culars of several essays and lectures not appearing in the Journals, as 

 also the names of their authors, are entered in this Index. 



Publications. 



The Society has issued during the year the following publications, 

 viz. : — 



I.— Proceedings for 1889-90. 



II. — Journal No. 41, Vol. XL, 1890, containing a translation from 

 the Spanish, by Lieut. -Colonel H. H. St. George, with an Introduction 

 by Mr. D. W. Ferguson, of " The Rebellion of Ceylon, and the 

 Progress of its Conquest under the Government of Costantino de Sa 

 y Noroiia." 



