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Council Meeting : February 1, 1899 ... 1 



Office-Bearers for 1899, nomination of ... ... 2 



Paper not read : — 



"The Custom of Polyandry in Ceylon," by R. W. 



Ievers ... ... ... ... 3 



Annual General Meeting-: February 23, 1899... 7 



Annual Report for 1898 ... ... 7 



Archaeological Survey, 1898, Synopsis of Work done by the 10 



Office-Bearers for 1899, election of ... »*. 13 

 Paper read : — 



" Antiquarian Discovery relating to the Portuguese in 



' Ceylon" ... ... ... ... 15 



Council Meeting : March 15, 1899 ... ... ... 29 



General Meeting- : May 19, 1899 ... ... 31 



Papers read : — 



" A Letter from the King of Portugal to Raja Sinha II.," 



by D. W. Ferguson ... ... ... 32 



" Governor Yan Eck's Expedition against the King of 

 Kandy, 1765," translated from the Dutch by A. E. 

 Buultjens, B.A.Cantab. ... ... ... 36 



Appendices to ditto ... ... ... 58 



Council Meeting : June 20, 1899 ... ... ... 79 



General Meeting- : July 29, 1899 ... ... 83 



Papers read : — 

 " The Inscribed Mural Stone at the Maha Saman 



Devale, Ratnapura," by D. W. Ferguson ... -84 



" Alagiyavanna Mohottala, the Author of 'Kusajataka 



Kavyaya,' " by D. W. Ferguson ... ... 115 



Council Meeting : September 11, 1899 ... ... 121 



