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PAG-E 



Council Meeting : January 25, 1900 ... ... 123 



Office-Bearers for 1900, nomination of ... ... 124 



Papers not read : — 



"A Chapter in Ceylon History in 1630," by D. W. 



Ferguson ... ... ... ... 126 



" Contributions to Ceylon Malacology," by O. Collett 132 

 "Joao Rodriguez de Sa e Menezes," by D. W. 



Ferguson ... ... ... ... 140 



Annual General Meeting*: February 13, 1900 ... 146 



Annual Report for 1899 ... ... ... 146 



Archaeological Survey, 1899, Synopsis of Work done by the 148 



Council Meeting : March 1, 1900 ... ... 160 



Council Meeting : July 12, 1900 ... ... ... 161 



Council Meeting : September 26, 1900 ... ... 163 



General Meeting- : October 26, 1900 ... ... 164 



Papers read 



" Pearl Oysters and Pearl Fisheries," by O. Collett ... 165 

 " Remarks upon some of the Questions referred to in 

 Mr. Collett's Paper on Pearl Oysters and Pearl 



Fisheries," by Captain J. Donnan ... ... 180 



LIST OF PLATES. 



M©. 50. — ISO©. To face 



page 



Original Manuscript of the Capitulation of Trincomalee, 



1795 ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Antiquarian discovery under site of old Breakwater Office, 



Colombo ... ... ... ... ... 17 



Governor Yan Eck^s Expedition against Kandy, 1765 ... 50 



Mural Stone, Maha ^t^^^f^le, Ratnapura... ... 85 



If J 3 SEP 1902 



