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It will thus be seen that there have been read at the 

 Meetings seven Papers, which cover several of the branches 

 of research for the promotion of which the Society was 

 mainly founded. 



Members. 



The Society counts now an unprecedentedly large number 

 of Members on its roll. Of the total number 258, 7 are 

 Honorary Members, 16 Life Members, and 235 Ordinary 

 Resident and Non-Resident Members. There have been 

 added during the past year the following 20 Ordinary Mem- 

 bers, of whom 19 are Resident and 1 is Non-Resident, viz.: — 

 Messrs, J. W. C. de Soysa, A. J. R. de Soysa, C. E. H. Corea, 

 Walter Pereira, J. W. Seneviratna, A. Mendis Gunesekara, 

 Mudaliyar, J. B. M. Ridout, A. D. Renganathan, J. M. 

 Chitty, T. Sanmogam, J. P. Samarasekara, G. Grenier, T. 

 Cooke, E. A. Muttukumaru, W. H. Dias, A. Visuvalingam, 

 S. F. Nagapper, and J. Lemphers. 



The one Non-Resident Member elected is Pandit Gopi 

 Nath, Editor of the Peoples Journal, Lahore. 



There has been one withdrawal from the Society, that of 

 Dr. M. Eliyatamby, who has tendered his resignation. 



The Council note with satisfaction that almost every month 

 applications continue to be received for admission as Mem- 

 bers — a fact which it is hoped indicates that the objects for 

 which the Society exists are beginning gradually to be 

 better understood, and its usefulness more fully appreciated 

 by the public than hitherto. 



The Council have the mournful duty of recording the loss 

 which the Society has sustained by the death of four of its 

 Members, viz., Sir J. F. Dickson, K.C.M.G., Mr. C. H. de 

 Soysa, Mr. F. R. Sabonadiere, and Mr. P. Daendliker. In Mr. 

 C. H. de Soysa the whole Island has lost a most public-spirited 

 and munificent citizen. Sir J. F. Dickson was intimately 

 connected with the Society at one time. In him the Society 

 has lost a most energetic and distinguished Member, who, as 

 its President, acted his part with an ability, zeal, and devotion 

 above all praise. As a Pali scholar, Sir J. F. Dickson had 

 made his mark. 



Library. 



The number of volumes added to the Society's Library 

 during 1891 was 334. Only a few books, chiefly relating to 

 archaeology, have been purchased. All the rest have been 

 obtained by exchange with learned Societies, or by presenta- 

 tion from the Government of Ceylon, the Secretary of State in 

 Council for India, and the Government of the United States. 



With the constant increase in the number of the Society's 

 books, want of space and accommodation has been felt for 



