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Council Meeting : February 5, 1898 ... ... 133 



Office-Bearers for 1898, nomination of ... ... 134 



Annual €5-©ia©s*al Meeting* : February 26, 1898 135 



Annual Report for 1897 ... ... ... 135 



Archaeological Survey, 1897, Synopsis of Work done by the 138 



Office-Bearers for 1898, election of ... ... 144 



Council Meeting : April 1, 1898 ... ... ... J 45 



Council Meeting : May 18, 1898 ... ... ... 147 



€enei ( al Meeting: June 25, 1898 ... ... 151 



Papers read : — 



" Contributions to Ceylon Malacology : (2) Description 

 of a new Helicoid Land Shell from the Southern 

 Province," by O. Collett, F.R.M.S. ... ... 153 



" Aids to the Identification of Ceylon Birds : Part I. — 



Introduction and Key to the Passeres" by A. Haly 155 

 Council Meeting : July 4, 1898 ... ... ... 174 



General Meeting*: August 20, 1898 ... ... 175 



Papers read : — 



" A Pertinent Account and Detailed Description of the 

 Character, Nature, Coitus, and Production of 

 Elephants in the Great Island of Ceylon," translated 



from the Dutch by F. H. de Vos ... ... 176 



" Don Jeronimo de Azevedo, Governor of Ceylon from 



1594 to 1611 a.d.," by A. E. Buultjens, B.A. 



Cantab. ... ... ... ' ... 201 



Council Meeting : September 15, 1898 ... ... 209 



Council Meeting : October 18, 1898 ... ... 210 



Council Meeting : November 16, 1898 ... ... 211 



Paper not read : — 



" Monumental Remains of the Dutch East India 



Company in Ceylon," by F. H. de Yos ... 213 



