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



Library. 



The number of volumes, including separate parts of 

 periodicals added to the Society's Library since the com- 

 mencement of 1890, amounts up to date to 355. Many of 

 these books have been presented to, and many others 

 obtained in exchange by this Society. The names of the 

 following donors amongst others may be mentioned, viz. : — 



The Secretary of State for India. 



The Government of Ceylon. 



The Government of India. 



The Government of Madras. 



The Trustees of the Indian Museum. 



Director-General de Statisque la Plata. 



The Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



The Hon. Sir Arthur H. Gordon. 



Messrs. A. M. and J. Ferguson, D. W. Ferguson, 



H. C. P. Bell, F. H. de Vos, A. 0. Joseph, George 



Wall, and F. H. M. Corbet. 



Books registered under Ordinance No. 1 of 1885, consisting 

 of 100 English, 128 Sinhalese, 8 Pali, 1 Sanskrit, 5 English 

 and Sinhalese, 6 Sanskrit and Sinhalese, 1 Sinhalese or Elu, 

 12 Tamil, 1 Portuguese, 4 Sinhalese and Pali, 2 Pali and 

 Sinhalese, 1 Sinhalese and Sanskrit, and 1 Malay were printed 

 in Ceylon. 



A new catalogue of the Library is being compiled by the 

 Librarian of the Society, Mr. de Zilva Wickramasinghe. 



The last catalogue was issued in 1882, and since then a 

 very large number of books have been added to the Library. 

 The style of the catalogue has been approved by the Com- 

 mittee of the Colombo Museum, and is in accordance with 

 the directions given in the standard works of Cutter, Wheatly, 

 Perkins, &c, on cataloguing. It is proposed to enter the 

 books (a) under names of authors, or if anonymous under the 

 first word of the title not being an article, (b) under their 

 specific titles, (c) under the subjects they treat of, with 

 numerous cross references, (d) under the form of literature, 

 as poetry, sermons, &c. All these entries will be arranged 

 alphabetically, so that one may know what books the Library 

 contains by a given author, on a given subject, and in a 

 given kind of literature. The numbers of editions of books 

 Avill also be given, in order to assist the iMembers in the 

 choice of books. 



Archaeological Survey. 



It is with feelings of satisfaction that the Council refer to 

 the progress that has been made during the year in the 

 systematic survey of the Archaeological remains of the Island. 



