JOURNAL 



OF THE 



EOYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 

 CEYLON BRANCH. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, January 23, 1896. 

 Present : 



The Lord Bishop of Colombo, President, in the Chair. 

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



Mr. S. Green. | Dr. W. O. Yandort. 



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



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Council Meeting held on 

 November 28, 1895. 



2. Resolved, — That the following Candidates for admission into the 

 Society as Resident Members be elected, viz. : — 



C. Mnttiah: nominated by | g°£ j ^° p 7 &aS ^ my - 



Dr.J.S.JohnpuUc: do. j p \'^ 



Coomaraswamy Srikanta : do. j 



Catheravaloepillay Nama- | Hon. P. Coomaraswamy. 



sivayam : do. ( W. P. Ranasinha. 



3. Read draft Annual Report for 1895, and resolved that it be 

 adopted subject to certain amendments. 



Resolved, — That Mr. E. Booth be asked to kindly undertake the 

 auditing of the Society's accounts for the past year. 



4. Considered nomination of Office-Bearers for 1896 : — 

 25—96 B 



