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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XIII. 



Papers : (1) " The Verification of the Ancient Chronicles of Ceylon," 

 by the Lord Bishop of Colombo, President : (2) " Sinhalese Weights 

 and Measures," by F. H. Modder ; (3) " The Identification of the 

 Sirivadhanapura of the Mahaioansa, Chapter LXXXV.," by the Lord 

 Bishop of Colombo ; (4) " Ritigala," by J. B. M. Ridout ; (5) " Notes 

 on the Mdification of Chrysophlegma xanihoclerus" by F. Lewis. 

 Vol. XL, No. 40, 1890 : (1) " Wouter Schouten's Account of Ceylon," 

 translated from the Dutch by P. Freudenberg ; (2) " Henricus 

 van Bystervelt's Embassy to Kandy," translated from the Dutch by 

 F. H. de Yos ; (3) " The Animal-shaped Rocks of Kurunegala," by 

 F. H. Modder. 



A reprint of Journal No. 12, 1860-61, is nearly completed. Several 

 other Numbers of the Journal having gone out of print, it has been 

 decided to reprint them, and this will be gradually done. 



All arrears in the issue of the publication of the Journals 

 of the Society have been caught up. Yol. XL, No. 41, of 1890, 

 containing Lieut. -Colonel St. George's translation of " Joao Rodriguez 

 de Sa e Menezes' Rebelion de Ceylan," and the Proceedings of 

 1889-90, are ready, and are laid on the table with this Report. 



The Journal for 1893, Yol. XII., No. 44, is also ready, and an 

 advance copy of it is laid on the table this evening. This is the first 

 time the Society has been able to bring out its Journal so expeditiously, 

 — the result chiefly of printing Papers in advance of their being read, 

 and to the amalgamation of the Journal and Proceedings under 

 the scheme referred to in the Annual Report for 1892. The Council 

 feel that the thanks of the Society are due both to Mr. H. C. P. Bell 

 for his labours as" Editorial Secretary, and to the Government Printer 

 and his Assistants, without whose ready co-operation and assistance 

 so much editing work could not have been accomplished. 



The Council constantly receive applications from Societies and Insti- 

 tutions for exchanges of publications or for donations of our Journal. 

 These applications, though in some cases the Council has been obliged 

 owing to their number to refuse, yet afford gratifying testimony of the 

 increasing appreciation entertained for the publications of the Society. 



Index to Journals. 



Mr. J. F. W. Gore has laid the Society under an obligation by 

 undertaking the work of compiling a full Index to the Society's 

 publications. In this work he has now made considerable progress. 

 The task, which in itself involves great labour, has been rendered more 

 difficult by the fact that the pages in the reprinted Journals do not 

 correspond with those of the original editions. Mr. Gore has devoted 

 much labour and ingenuity to removing this difficulty, and the Index is 

 being drawn up in such a way that it can be used by those who have 

 the original or reprinted editions or mixed sets. The pagination of 

 all future reprints will be uniform with that of the original editions. 



Archaeology. 



All interested in the Archaeological Survey of the Island will read 

 with satisfaction the following brief summary of his year's work with 

 which Mr. H. C. P. Bell, the Archaeological Commissioner (who is one 

 of the Society's Honorary Secretaries), has by request favoured the 

 Council : — 



The Archaeological Survey of Anuradhapura and the North-Central 

 Province has been steadily advanced during 1893. 



