400 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Twentieth General Meeting. 
The Twentieth, or Fifth Anniversary, Meeting of the Society 
was held in the Colombo Museum Library on March 13, 1917, 
at 5.15 p.m., with Dr. A. Nell in the Chair. 
The report of the Honorary Secretaries and Treasurers, together 
with the accounts for the past year, were adopted and passed 
unanimously. 
A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Sibbald for kindly auditing 
the accounts, 
The following were elected as Office-bearers for 1917 :— 
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 8. D. Bandaranaike, Kt., | Dr. Joseph Pearson, D.Se., 
C.M.G. | F.R.S.E., F.L.S. 
Council. 
T. Petch, Esq., B.A., B.Sc. The Rev. Father M. J. Le Goce 
The Ven. the Archdeacon of O.M.I., M.A., Ph.D. 
Colombo. | C.F. 8. Baker, Esq. 
The Hon. Mr. Harry Creasy. | E. Evans, Esq., B.Sc. 
Joint Honorary Secretaries and Treasurers. 
C. T. Symons, Esq., B.A., W. A. Cave, Esq. 
F.R.G.S. 

The Rev. Father M. J. Le Goce delivered a very interesting 
lecture on the Madugaha plant (Cycas Rumphit), during the course 
of which he explained a fact new to Science, which he discovered 
whilst making investigations with the plant, and whichis published 
in “The Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya,” 
Vol. VI., Part III, June, 1917. 
Mr. W. A. Cave read ‘‘ A Note on the Occurrence of Wilson’s 
Stormy Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus),’’ which he observed near 
Colombo harbour. 
