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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XVII, 



A Meeting was held on October 26 under the presidency of His 

 Excellency the Governor, Patron of the Society, at which Mr. 0. Collett 

 read a Paper on " Pearl Oysters and Pearl Fisheries." A discussion 

 of some importance followed the reading of the Paper ; and the Council 

 hope that it will tend to promote scientific inquiry into the working 

 and conservation of the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries. 



Beside the above Paper, the following Papers (not read at Meetings) 

 have been printed in the Society's Journal for 1900 : — 



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



(2) "Contributions to Ceylon Malacology," by Mr. O. Collett, 



F.R.M.S. 



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



Mem reus. 



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

 A. Chinniah, R. B. Campbell, J. W. Robertson, W. A. D. J. Perera, 

 and A. F. Mahn. 



One Member resigned, viz., Mr. J. E. Pohath. 



The Society now has on its roll 191 Members, including 22 Life 

 Members and 10 Honorary Members. 



The Council record with regret the death of the following 

 Members :— Messrs. K. L. M. Abdul Karim, J. Caderaman, M. I. M. 

 Haniffa, and A. Yan Starrex. 



Library. 



The additions to the Library during the year numbered 258 

 volumes. The acquisitions are chiefly exchanges received from 

 Societies. The Library is indebted for donations to — The Royal 

 Anthropological Society of Australasia ; the Hamilton Association ; 

 the Government of India ; Messrs. Tha Do Oung, M. V. Portman, 

 Carlos P. Salas, F. H. de Yos ; Dr. O. M. Obeyesekere ; Mr. A. K. 

 Coomaraswamy ; Professor W. Geiger ; Messrs. S. M. Burrows, H. 

 Dharmapala, S. R. Salgado, H. M. Bhadkamkar, B.A,, A. R. Fernando, 

 and Albert Grunwedel. 



Yaluable exchanges have been received during the year from the 

 following Societies, &c. : — 



Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland ; Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal ; Asiatic Society of Japan ; Biji tot de Taal-Land en 

 Yolkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indie, The Hague ; Anthropological 

 Society of Bombay ; Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ; 

 Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou ; Royal Asiatic Society 

 of Great Britain and Ireland ; the Geological Society of London ; 

 American Oriental Society ; the Trustees of the Indian Museum ; 

 the Geological Survey of Canada ; Straits Branch of the Royal Asia- 

 tic Society ; China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ; Bureau of 

 Education, Washington ; the Royal Society of Yictoria ; the Royal 

 Society of New South Wales ; Free Museum of Science and Art, 

 Philadelphia ; Field Columbian Museum, Chicago ; the Smithsonian 

 Institution ; K. K, Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Vienna ; Deutsche 

 Morgenlandische Gessellschaft, Leipzig ; Genootschap van Kunsten 

 en Wetenschappen, Batavia. 



