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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XIV. 



4. Mr. Arunachalam moved the election of the following Office- 

 Bearers for 1895, nominated by the Council, viz. : — 



President. —The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Colombo. 



Vice-Presidents. — The Hon. Mr. Justice Lawrie and 

 Mr. Stanif orth Green. 



Council. 



Hon. P. Coomaraswamy. Hon. P. Ramanathan, C.M.G. 



Mr. J. Ferguson. | Mr. W. P. Ranasinha 



Mr. P. Freiidenberg. Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Raja. 



Mr. A. P. Green. | Mr. H. F. Tomalin, a.r.i.b.a. 



Mr. J. P. Lewis. Dr. H. Trimen. 



Mr. F. M. Mackwood. Dr. W. G. Yandort. 



Honorary Treasurer.' — Mr. F. C. Roles. 

 Honorary Secretaries. — Mr. H. C. P. Bell, c.c.s.;Mr. J. Harward, M.A. ; 

 and Mr. G. A. Joseph. 



Mr. H. Van Cuylenburg seconded. — Carried unanimously. 



5. The Chairman then thanked the Members present for their 

 attendance, and expressed the great satisfaction it gave him to occupy 

 the chair even temporarily. The work of the Society was entirely up 

 to date, and they had a complete Index — a convenience which had never 

 been attained before. The Report read for the past year was 

 exceedingly satisfactory, and the Society had in a special manner to 

 thank Mr. Gore for the Index, the Lord Bishop of Colombo for his 

 deep interest, and last, but not least, the Honorary Secretaries, who 

 had discharged their duties in an exceedingly painstaking and able 

 way, ensuring any success achieved ; and they could not as a Society 

 be too thankful to them. 



Farewell to Mr. Swettenham. 



Mr. P. Freudenberg said :— "I have been requested to propose a 

 vote of thanks to the chair. As a rule this is a duty purely pleasant, 

 though somewhat formal ; but to-day, I am sorry to say, there is regret 

 mingled with it. Our Vice-President, Mr. Swettenham, will not 

 occupy this chair again for some time to come, whatever we may hope 

 of a more distant future. We, the Ceylon Branch of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society, whilst congratulating Mr. Swettenham on his well- 

 deserved promotion, cannot but regret that this promotion takes 

 him away from this Island and this Society. For the full measure 

 in which we recognize the great services Mr. Swettenham has 

 rendered to us, as a scholarly gentleman who never grudged time 

 and labour, in the same full measure do we realize the loss to us 

 Iris departure entails. Under these circumstances, the vote of thanks 

 to the chair ought to take the ampler form of our expressing to 

 Mr. Swettenham our best thanks for all he has done for our Society, 

 and our best wishes for his welfare in his future career." 



Dr. W. G. Vandort said : — " I beg most cordially to second the vote 

 of thanks just moved by Mr. Freudenberg to Mr. Swettenham, not 

 •only for presiding on this occasion with his usual kindness and ability, 

 but also in view of his approaching departure from the Island, for the 



