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Council Meeting : January 23, 1896 ... ... 85 



Office-Bearers for 1896, nomination of ... ... 86 



Election of Mr. A. Haly as an Honorary Member ... 86 



Annual General Meeting": February 10, 1896 .., 87 



Annual Report for 1895 ... ... ... 87 



Office-Bearers for 1896, election of ... ... 93 



Paper read : — 



" Legislation in Ceylon in the early portion of the 



Nineteenth Century," by H. White, CCS. ... 95 



Council Meeting : March 4, 1896 ... ... ... 102 



Intimation that H. E. Sir J. West Ridgeway, Governor, 



consents to act as Patron of the Society ... ... 102 



Council Meeting : May 18, 1896 ... ... ... 103 



General Meeting- : March 21, 1895 ... ... 104 



Papers read : — ■ 



" On a Curious Nematoid Parasite from the Stomach of 

 a Ceylon Insect (Mantis Religiosa)" by O. Collett, 

 F.R.M.S. ... ... ... ... 105 



" How the last King of Kandy was captured by the 

 British," by T. B. Pohath ... ... ... 107 



General Meeting*: June 11, 1896 ... ... 117 



Papers read : — 



"Ancient Cities and Temples in the Kurunegala District: 



Ridi Yihare," by F. H. Modder ... ... 118 



" The Inauguration of the King in Ancient Ceylon," by 

 C. M. Fernando, B.A., LL.B.Cantab., M.R.A.S.Eng. 125 



Council Meeting : July 16, 1896 ... ... ... 131 



Council Meeting : September 10, 1896 ... ... 132 



General Meeting- : October 3, 1896 ... ... 133 



Papers read : — 



"Ancient Cities r d Temples in the Kurunegala District : 



Panduwas Nuwara," by F. H. Modder ... 134 



"Robert Knox's Sinhalese Vocabulary," by D. W. 

 Ferguson ... ... ... ... 155 



