No, 4.— 1848.] 



APPENDIX. 



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1. A Catalogue of Tamil Books, by S. Casie Chetty, Esq. 



2. Notices of various Rock Inscriptions in the N.-W, 



Province, by A. O. Brodie, Esq. 



3. Hints for forming a Collection of Lepidopterous Insects^ 



with a list of Indigenous Diurnal Lepidoptera, by 

 Edgar L. Layard, Esq. 



4. On Buddhism, by the Rev. D. J. Gogerly. 



5. Sketches in the Natural History of Ceylon. — Ento- 



mology: on the Genus Papilio, by E. L. Layard, Esq. 



6. On the Agriculture of the Sinhalese, fyc, by R, E. 



Lewis, Esq. 



7. On Ceylonite, by Lieutenant Henderson, C.R.R. 



8. Sketches in the Natural History of Ceylon. — Orni- 



thology i on the Genera Hirundo and Bucco, by Edgar 

 L. Layard, Esq. 

 " Early in the year a most interesting answer was received to a 

 letter on Buddhism addressed to the China Branch of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society, and your Committee trust that the subject will 

 not be suffered to drop after the courteous tone of the letter from 

 Mr. Gutzlaff. 



Antiquities. 



" In the knowledge of the antiquities of our Island, some advances 

 have been made through the exertions of one of our Members and 

 a friend at Kandy, and your Committee had hoped that transla- 

 tions would have been received from Calcutta in time for the 

 present Meeting ; these have only been delayed accidently, not 

 from want of ability to decipher them, and now that a clue is 

 obtained to these fast fading records of past ages, it is hoped that 

 increased exertion on the part of those of our Members who may 

 have it in their power to procure copies of the many inscriptions 

 buried in the jungles, will open a fresh field for the investigation 

 of the learned and curious. 



Books. 



" The Librarian will read to you the List of Books purchased by 

 and presented to the Society during the past year, amounting to 

 26 volumes and 32 numbers of periodicals. 



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