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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 



