3To. 47.— 1896.] PROCEEDINGS. 



Bombay ; John Hopkins' University ; the Royal Colonial Institute ; 

 Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft ; the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution ; the Royal Geographical Society of London ; the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia ; the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 California ; the Zoological Society of London ; the China Branch of 

 the Royal Asiatic Society ; the American Oriental Society ; the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal ; the Madras Literary Society ; the 

 Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada ; the Straits 

 Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ; the Royal Society of New 

 South Wales ; Bijdragen tot de Taal, Land en Volkenkunde van 

 Nederlandsch Indie K. K. Naturhistorischen Hof museums ; the 

 Asiatic Society of Japan ; Musee Guimet ; the Geological Society of 

 London ; Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscow ; the Uni- 

 versity of Upsala ; the Bureau of Education, Washington ; the 

 Geological Survey of United States of America ; the Oriental Society 

 of Pekin ; Societe Zoologique, Paris. 



Journals. 



One number of the Society's Journal has been published during 

 the year, viz. : — 



Yol. III., No. 45, 1894, containing the following Papers : — 



(1) " Notes on the Species and Varieties of Testudo in the 



Colombo Museum," with illustrations, by A. Haly, 

 Director of the Colombo Museum. 



(2) "Note on a Sinhalese Inscription of 1745-46 A.D.," by D. M. 



de Z. Wickremasinghe. 



(3) " Kostantinu Hatana," by F. W. de Silva, Mudaliyar. 



(4) " Which Gaga Bahu visited India ? " by W. P. Ranasinha. 



(5) " Archaeology of the Waimi," by J. P. Lewis, CCS: 



(6) " The Music of Ceylon, v '"by C. M. Fernando, b.a., ll.b., 



Advocate. 



(7) "A Half -hour with two Ancient Tamil Poets," by the 



Hon. P. Coomaraswamy. 



The Journal for 1895 is also ready, and an advance copy is laid on 

 the table this evening. 



Other Publications. 

 The Index to the Journals, "Vols. I.-XL, comprising Nos. 1-41, 

 1845-90, compiled by Mr. J. F. W. Gore, was issued in the early part 

 of the year. This useful work was fully described in the Annual 

 Report for 1894. 



A new Catalogue of the Library, which had been for some time in 

 preparation, was issued in December, 1895. Compiled with great care, 

 it supplies a want much felt since the edition of the last Catalogue 

 was exhausted some years ago. It will prove of great help to those 

 who wish to use the Society's Library. 



Printing of the Society's Publications. 



The Council report with regret that the Government have decided to 

 impose an additional charge of 30 per cent, on all publications of the 

 Society printed at the Government Press. 



Up to the year 1881 all the Society's publications were printed 

 by Government free of charge. The privilege was withdrawn in 



