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Council Meeting : January 18, 1897 ... ... 1 



Office-Bearers for 1897, nomination of ... ... 2 



Annual €reisera° Meeting* : February 6, 1897 ... 3 



Annual Report for 1896 ... ... ... 3 



Archaeological Survey, Synopsis of work done by the, 



in 1896 ... ... ... ... ... 5 



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



consents to act as Patron of the Society ... ... 8 



Office Bearers for 1897, election of ... ... 9 



Council Meeting : March 18, 1897 ... ... ... 9 



Council Meeting : May 12, 1897 ... ... ... 10 



General Meeting* : May 29, 1897 ... ... 11 



Papers read 



" Contributions to Ceylon Malacology," by 0. Collett, 



F.R.M.S. ... ... ... ... 12 



"Ancient Cities and Temples in the Kurunegala District : 



Dambadeniya," by F. H. Moddek ... ... 23 



Council Meeting : July 27, 1897 ... ... ... 37 



General Meeting*: September 4, 1897 ... ... 38 



Papers read : — 



" A Geological and Mineralogical Sketch of the North- 

 western Province, Ceylon," by F. H. Modder ... 39 

 •' Some Illustrations from the Fauna of Ceylon of Wal- 

 lace's Theory of Natural Selection," by A. Haly ... 80 



Council Meeting : October 21, 1897 ... ... 90 



Council Meeting : December 8, 1897 ... ... 91 



General Meeting*: December 22 1897 ... ... 92 



Paper read :•— 



" Interim Report on the Operations of the Archaeologi- 

 cal Survey at Sigiriya (Third Season), 1897," by 

 H. C. P. Bell, CCS. ... ... 93 



