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The following Papers, which were not read at a Meeting, have been 

 printed, and will form part of the Journal for 1900, viz.: — 



(a) " Christianity in Ceylon in 1630,"* by Mr. D. W. Ferguson. 



(b) " Contributions to Ceylon Malacology : (3) The Terrestrial 



Mollusca of Ambagamuwa (Part II.)," by Mr. O. Collett, 

 F.R.M.S. 



(c) " Joao Rodriguez de Sa e Menezes," by Mr. D. W. Ferguson. 



The original manuscript of the Capitulation of Trincomalee, 1795 

 (presented by Mr. G. A. Joseph to the Colombo Museum Library), has 

 been lithographed, and appears in the Journal of 1899. 



Members. 



During the past year six new Members were elected, viz., Messrs. 

 K. S.Bath, B.A.; R. H. Ferguson, B.A. (Life Member); H. T. 

 Gardiner, F.R.H.S.; D. B. Jayatilaka, B.A. ; A. G. Tambi-Naya-gam 

 Pillai, Pleader-at-Criminal-Law, &c; P. E. Pieris, CCS. 



Five Members resigned, viz., Dr. P. S. Brito, Messrs. F. Macindoe, 

 A. A. Clark, W. C Macready. Two other Members, Mr. H. Wace 

 (resident), Sir J. J. Grinlinton (non-resident), qualified as Life 

 Members. 



The Society now has on its roll 191 Members, including 20 Life 

 Members and 10 Honorary Members. 



The Council record with regret the death of Mr. G. C Trask and 

 the Hon. Mr. L. F. Lee, CCS. 



Mr. Lee was for many years a Member of the Society. He contri- 

 buted to the Society's Journal (Vol. V., No. 16, 1870) the following 

 Papers : — 



(1) "A Prose Translation of the Introductory Stanzas of the 



Kusajataka." 



(2) " Notes on a Sannasa." 



(3) " The Romanized Text of the First Five Chapters of the 



BaJavatara." 



Library. 



The additions to the Library during the year numbered 329 volumes. 

 The acquisitions are chiefly exchanges from Societies. The Library 

 is indebted for donations to the Trustees of the Indian Museum ; the 

 Government of Bengal ; the Government of India ; the Government 

 of Mysore ; the Government of Madras ; Cape of Good Hope Geo- 

 logical Commission ; Australian Association for the Advancement of 

 Science ; Australian Anthropological Society ; the Director of Public 

 Instruction of Ceylon ; H. Sastri ; J. Harward, M.A. ; T. B. Pohath ; 

 P. Arunachalam, CCS. ; O. Collett ; W. H. Furness, M.D. ; and the 

 Colombo Museum Library. 



Besides those Institutions already on the exchange list, the Council 

 have decided to exchange with the Director, Mission Archeologique 

 d'Indo-China, Saigon. 



The Council still constantly receive applications from Institutions 

 for exchanges of the Journal of the Society. The Council regret 

 having had to refuse some exchanges during the year, owing to the 

 large number of Societies already on the exchange list. 



* Title since altered to " A Chapter in Ceylon History in 1630." 



