CONTENTS. 



PAQE 



Paper read: — * 



" The Dutch Embassy to Kandy in 1731-32," trans- 

 lated from the Sinhalese by P. E. Pieris, C.C.S. * 187 



Paper not read :— 



" The Kandyan Navandann6," by EL W. Oodrington, 



C.C.S. . . .. . . 221 



Council Meeting : January 25, 1909 . . . . 254 



Council Meeting : February 25, 1909 . . . . 256 



Annual General Meeting : February 26, 1909 . . 258 



Paper read : — 



" Letters from Raja Sinha II. to the Dutch," by 



Donald Ferguson . . . . 259 



Office-Bearers for 1909, election of . . . . 275 



Annual Report for 1908 . . . . 276 



Archaeological Survey, 1908: Synopsis of work done 



by the . . . . . . 278 



Special General Meeting : May 14, 1909 . . 291 



Council Meeting : July 14, 1909 .. .. 297 



General Meeting : August 18, 1909 .' . 300 



Paper read : — 



' ' Jnana Vasishtam ; or the Dialogues of Vasishta on 

 Wisdom," by the Hon. Mr. P. ArtjnAchalam, 

 C.C.S. .. ..303 



Special General Meeting : September 8, 1909 . . 325 



Lecture on ' ' The Antiquity of Stone Architecture in 

 India and Ceylon," by Don M. de Z. Wickrema- 



STNGHE . . . . . . 327 



General Meeting : December 18, 1909 . . . . . 339 



Paper read : — 



" Notes on Delft," by the Hon. Mr. J. P. Lewis, 



C.C.S. .. .. ..341 



* At General Meeting of December 18. 1909- 



