No. 57.— 1906.] 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Society has now on its roll 203 Members. Of these 27 are 

 Life Members and 10 Honorary Members. 



The Council desires to record its regret at the death of Mr. 

 R. W. levers, M.A., C.M.G., C.C.S., who joined the Society 

 in 1879. He contributed the following papers to the Society's 

 Journal : — 



(1) " Customs and Ceremonies connected with Paddy Culti- 



vation," Vol. VI., No. 21, 1880. 



(2) "Beligaia," Vol. VIII., No. 29, 1884. 



(3) "The Custom of Polyandry in Ceylon," Vol. XVI., 



No. 50, 1899. 



Library. 



The additions to the Library, including parts of periodicals, 

 numbered 303. 



The Library is indebted for donations to the following : — 

 Revista da Commissao Archeologica da India Portugueza, Nova 

 Goa ; the Government of India ; the Archaeological Survey of 

 India ; the Geelong Field Naturalist's Club ; Cuerpo de Ingenieros 

 de Minas ; Mr. L. Jones ; the Literary and Philosophical 

 Society of Liverpool ; Mr. V. Kanakasabhai ; Professor C. 

 Duroiselle ; Professor W. Geiger ; Mr. P. D. Khan ; the Hon. the 

 Colonial Secretary, Ceylon ; the University of Colorado ; the 

 Library of the India Office ; the Government of the United 

 Provinces of Agra and Oudh ; the Director of Public Instruction. 

 Ceylon ; the Secretary, Planters' Association, Ceylon ; Mr. A. 

 Anavaratna ; the Archaeological Survey of Punjaub and United 

 Provinces ; Pundit N. B. Charya ; Postmaster-General, Ceylon ; 

 the Archaeological Survey of Madras and Coorg ; the Siam 

 Society ; the Archaeological Survey of Burma ; the Oberlin 

 College Library, Ohio ; Pundit D. M. Silva ; Dr. D. G. Dalgado ; 

 the Secretary to the Government of India (Home Department) ; 

 Mr. R. G. Anthonisz ; Mr. A. M. Gunasekera, Mudaliyar. 



For valuable exchanges received during the year the Society 

 is indebted to the following : — 



The Geological Survey of Canada ; Commissie in Nederlandsch- 

 Indie voor ondheidkundigbuderzoek of Java en Madoera ; the 

 American Oriental Society ; Royal Asiatic Society of Great 

 Britain and Ireland ; the Anthropological Society of Bombay ; 

 K. K. Naturhistorischen Hopmuseums, Austria ; the Smith- 

 sonian Institute ; United States Geological Survey ; the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia ; Deutschen Morgenlandischen 

 Gesellschaft, Leipzig ; Bijdrajen-tot-de Taal-Land en Volken- 

 kunde van Nederlandsch-Indie, The Hague ; Tijdschrift voor 

 Indische Taal-Land en Volkenkunde, Batavia ; Straits Branch 

 of the Royal Asiatic Society ; the Royal Society of Victoria ; 

 the Geological Society of London ; La Societe Imperiale des 

 Naturalistes de Moscow, Russia ; Iowa Geological Survey ; 

 Societe Zoologique de France ; the Anthropological Institute of 

 Great Britain and Ireland ; Pali Text Society of London ; 



