CONTENTS OP YOLUME XII. 



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General Meeting : December 20, 1890 ... ... 1 



Members, election of ... ... ... 2 



Paper read : — 



"A History of the Ancient Industries of Ceylon" (Third 



Paper), by G. Wall, Esq., f.l.s. ... ... 2 



Discussion ... ... ... ... 16 



Council Meeting : May 13, 1891 ... ... 23 



Council for 1891, nomination of ... ... 24 



Members, election of ... ... ... 24 



Journal, Report on improvement of ... ... 24 



Archaeology : Preservation of objects of interest by Govern- 

 ment ... ... ... ... 26 



Archaeology : Anuradhapura Excavation Fund ... 30 



Other business ... ... ... ... 31 



Oouncil Meeting : May 14, 1891... ... ... 32 



Honorary Secretary and Assistant Secretary, appointment of 32 



Annual Meeting: May 14, 1891... ... ... 33 



Annual Report for 1890 ... ... ... 33 



Balance Sheet, 1890 ... ... ... 41 



Office Bearers for 1891, election of ... ... 42 



Paper read : — 



Extract from " De Hervormde Kerk in Nederlandsch 

 Oost-Indie onder de Oost-Indische Compagnie (1602- 

 1795)," translated from the Dutch by F. H. de Yos, 



Esq., Advocate ... ... ... 43 



Discussion ... ... ... ... 43 



Other business ... ... ... ... 44 



Council Meeting : May 29, 1891... ... ... 46 



Members, election of, and general business ... ... 46 



General Meeting : June 9, 1891... ... ... 47 



Paper read : — 



" A History of the Ancient Industries of Ceylon " 



(Fourth Paper), by G. Wall, Esq., f.l.s. ... 47 



Discussion ... ... ... ... 60 



General Meeting : September 30, 1891 ... ... 63 



Papers read : — 



" Notes on Eggs and Nests of Brachypternus Ceylonus 



and Tockus Gingalensis" by F. Lewis, Esq. ... 62 



