No. 46,-1895.] 



PROCEEDINGS. 



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GENERAL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, September 10, 1895. 



Present : 



His Excellency Sir Arthur E. Havelock, G.c.M.a., 

 Governor, Patron, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. H. Barber. 

 Mr. B. W. Bawa. 

 Mr. W. A. de Silva. 

 Dr. W. H. de Silva. 

 Eev. F. H. de Winton. 

 Mr. C. M. Fernando. 

 Dr. H. M. Fernando. 

 Mr. J. Ferguson. 

 Mr. J. F. W. Gore. 

 Mr. Staniforth Green. 



Mr. R. W. levers. 



Dr. W. G. Keith. 



Mr. F. M. Mackwood. 



Mr. T. G. C. Mendis, b.a. 



Dr. Lisboa Pinto. 



Mr. F. C. Roles. 



Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Raja. 



H. Sri Summaiigala, Terun- 



Mr. J. Harward and Mr. G. A Joseph, Honorary Secretaries. 

 Visitors : twelve ladies and eighteen gentlemen. 



Business* 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Meeting held on July 13, 1895. 



2. His Excellency explained the object of the Meeting to be 

 the reading of an " Interim Report by Mr. H. C. P. Bell, Archaeological 

 Commissioner, on the Operations of the Archseological Survey at 

 Sigiriya in 1895." He stated that his acquaintance with Mr. Bell's 

 ability in dealing with such matters made him feel sure that the Paper 

 would be one of great interest and curiosity. 



3. Mr. Harward read Mr. Bell's Report to Governments- 

 prefacing it with extracts from a short Paper by Mr. A. Murray, 

 published in " Black and White," giving a general description of 

 Sigiriya and its history. 



* Forwarded to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary with Archaeological 

 Commissioner's letter No. 417 of July 13. 1895. 



