Ixviii. 



Appendix: — Proceedings of 



( Saguerus saccharifer ) is used for making brooms, cables, ropes, and 

 also as tinder, and much employed in caulking ships ( Vegetable Kingdom.) 



I remain &c, 



W. C. Ondaatje. 



B. 



Badidla, Uth May, 1853. 



Dear Sir, 



I send you a small quantity of Madder Powder in the accompanying 

 parcel. 



Professor Royle says, in his Materia Medica, that the Kino produced 

 from the Pterocarpus Marsupium is previously imported to Bombay from 

 the Malabar Coast and from thence exported to England. Perhaps by 

 writing to some Mercantile house at Bombay we may be informed at 

 what rate the article is sold in England. 



If you require to send a sample of the Ceylon kino I shall be able to 

 give you about 21bs. immediately. 



I remain, &c, 



W. C. Ondaatje. 



C. 



Badulla, 11th May 1853. 



Dear Sir, 



I send you herewith a piece of rope made with the black fibre from 

 the base of the Kittul leaf. I hope to be able to send you a large one, 

 about 10 fathoms long, in a couple of weeks. 



The Singhalese use the rope for tying Elephants, &c. 



Mr. Ward informs me that a substance, resembling the woolly materi al 

 of the Kittul already sent to you, is commonly used in China as tinder 

 under the name of " Punk." I think it is the same material, but from a 

 different species of Palm. 



I remain, &c, 



W. C. Ondaatje. 



Contributions to die Library since last General Meeting. 

 Directions for collecting Specimens of Natural History. 

 Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge ; Vol. III. and IV. 

 Fifth Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Smithsonian Report on the Chemical Arts, from the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



Journal of the Indian Archipelago, for Nov. 1852, from the Editor. 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Nos. 61, 62 and 63. 

 Observations on the Vegetable Products of Ceylon, from Mr. W. C. 

 Ondaatje. 



Journal of the Asiatic Society : Vol. I. II. 



Proceedings of the Numismatic Society of London for 1836, 1837, 1838. 

 Gullimore's Oriental Cylinders, No. 2. 



Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts at Hartwell House, from Mr, 

 Justice Starke. 



