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Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

1858; Gale Group; Linguagem: English

Rev. D. J. Gogerly, James D'Alwis, John Capper, James D'Alwis, William Ferguson, James D'Alwis, John Capper, James Swan, W. W. R. Kerr, E. B. Lytton, P. Le Neve Foster,

Frontmatter: Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Table of contents: Contents. Essay: The Laws of the Budhist Priesthood. By the Rev. D. J. Gogerly, Proceedings of Meetings of the Ceylon Asiatic Society General Meeting, Held 8th May, 1858, General Meeting, 21st August, 1858, A Statistical Enquiry into the State of Crime in Ceylon. By John Capper Part I.—The Western Province, General Meeting, 18th December, 1858 Present, Anniversary Meeting, Monday, Sept. 12TH, 1859, Papers Referred to in the Report, Heads of Enquiry on Subjects Suitable for the Asiatic Society, Expenditure on Public Works in Ceylon, by J. Capper, Esq., Honorary Secretary, It Is Requested That All Communications to the Honorary Secretary May Be Forwarded to Him under Cover to the Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary, Scripture Botany of Ceylon, Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Votes of Surplus Reserved for Works of Public Utility, during 1858, Remarks on the Supposed Identity between Nagarjuna and Nagasena, On Singhalese Rhetoric, Moved by the Chief Justice, and Seconded by Major Skinner, That the Report Now Read Be Adopted, Notes on the Mythological Legends of the Singhalese, Statement of Outlay on Public Works in Ceylon, during 28 Years, Compared with Ordinary Expenditure. Arts and entertainment: Correspondence Concerning the Mauritius Exhibition. Letter to the editor: Sir,—It Being the Intention of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences to Hold an Industrial Exhibition This Year, of Which His Excellency the Governor Has Consented to Be Patron, and to Invite the Sister Colonies of the Cape, Ceylon and Reunion, to Enter into Friendly Rivalry with Mauritius and Each Other on This Occasion, Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Correspondence with the Society of Arts, Sir,—I Am Directed by Secretary Sir E. B. Lytton, to Acknowledge the Receipt of Your Letter of the Instant, in Which You Bring under His Notice, by Direction of the Council of the Society of Arts, the Desirableness of Obtaining, Periodically, from the More Important of the Colonies, Accurate Statements of Their Resources, and of the Bearing Which Such Resources May Have upon Commerce, and State the Mode in Which the Council Would Propose to Obtain Such Information, and to Make It Reciprocally Useful to the Colonies and to the Society.