286 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
The following were elected as Office-bearers for 1916 ;— 
Patron. 
His Excellency Sir John Anderson, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. 
President. 
The Hon, Mr. R. E. Stubbs, C.M.G., F.Z.S. 
Vice-Presidents. 
F, M. Mackwood, Esq. Dr. A. Nell, M.R.C.S., L.M.S. 
Sir 8S. D. Bandaranaike, Kt., Dr. Joseph Pearson, D.Sce., 
C.M.G. TRS! BS LS) 
Council. 
T. Petch, Esq., B.A., B.Se. The Hon. Mr. Harry Creasy. 
O. S. Wickwar, Esq. The Rev. Father M. J. Le Goe. 
The Ven, the Archdeacon of C. F. 8. Baker, Esq. 
Colombo. 
Joint Honorary Secretaries and Treasurers. 
W. A. Cave, Esq. | CT. Symons, Esqi, pie 
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The following amendments to rule 21 relating to the election of 
foreign members was carried unanimously. The rule will now 
read :— 
Non-residents of the Island who are distinguished men of 
science, and who have made important researches in Natural 
History, particularly of Ceylon and the surrounding seas, may be 
elected on the recommendation of the Council as foreign members 
without payment of fee or subscription. Such foreign members 
will have all the privileges of an ordinary member, except that 
they cannot serve on the Council of the Society. Ordinary 
members of the Society will be eligible for election as foreign 
members after having given up residence in Ceylon, but no part 
of a life-mempber’s subscription will be refunded (words italicized 
constituting the amendment). 
Under rule 21 the following foreign members were then 
elected :— 
E. E. Green, Esq., late Government Entomologist. 
Dr. A. Willey, F.R.S., Professor of Zoology, MeGill University, 
Montreal. 
Dr. J. C. Willis, late Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Peradeniya. 
Dr. N. Annandale, Superintendent, Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
Professor Herdman, F.R.S., Professor of Zoology, University of 
Liverpool. 
Professor J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.S., Professor of Zoology, 
University of Cambridge. 
Dr. Pearson then gave a lecture on the subject of Jelly Fishes, 
and several specimens were exhibited, 
