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in proportion to his expenditure, allowed the small grant of £513 

 to lie without being voted, because of the opinion that nothing should 

 be spent that did not seem to be directly reproductive. Sir William 

 Gregory, however, was able to carry a large vote for this Museum, 

 simply because of his influence and his great interest in the matter. 



" I would only say that it has been a very great gratification to hear 

 other names mentioned — names dear to myself — and the name of my 

 fellow-pressman, Mr. John Capper, of whom it may be said that in 

 those dark years of the Society — 



Among the faithless, faithful only he. 



He worked hard for the Society and kept it alive at a very dark 

 time, as afterwards did Mr. William Ferguson and the others whose 

 names have been mentioned by the Bishop, who I am quite sure has 

 himself done as much for the Society as any man in all the fifty years 

 of its existence." 



This terminated the formal proceedings, and the company then 

 dispersed throughout the Museum building. 



H. C. COTTLE. ACTING GOVERNMENT PRINTER, COLOMBO, CEYLON. 



