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



(i.) Dr. Vandort and Mr. E. S.W. Senathi Raja retiring by seniority 

 from the Council, and Messrs. J. P. Lewis and A, P. Green by reason 

 of least attendance, under Rule 16,— 



Resolved, — That Dr. Vandort and Mr. Senathi Raja be re-elected ; 

 that Messrs. Lewis and Green be deemed to have retired from 

 the Council ; and that Messrs. F. H. Price and C. M. Fernando be 

 nominated in their places. 



(ii.) Resolved, — To nominate the following Members as Office- 

 Bearers for 1896 : — 



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. 

 Mr. J. Ferguson. 

 Mr. C. M. Fernando. 

 Mr. P. Freiidenberg. 

 Mr. F. M. Mackwood. 

 Mr. F. H. Price, c.c.s. 



Mr. P. Ramanathan, c.M.G. 

 Mr. W. P. Ranasinha. 

 Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Raja. 

 Mr. H. F. Tomalin, a.r.i.b.a. 

 Dr. H. Trimen. 

 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. 



5. Resolved, — That the Annual Meeting of the Society be held on 

 February 10, and that, in addition to the reading of the Report and 

 election of Office-Bearers, Mr. H. White's Paper on " Legislation in 

 Ceylon in the early portion of the Century " be read. 



6. Decided that the business, viz., action regarding defaulting 

 Members, standing in the name of the Honorary Treasurer, be 

 deferred in his absence. 



7. Mr. Harward, in proposing that the Director of the Colombo 

 Museum be elected an Honorary Member of the Society, stated 

 that Mr. Haly had contributed some valuable Papers to the Society, 

 had helped the Society in various other ways, and as Director 

 of the Museum had always been of assistance to the Society : apart 

 from these services, Mr. Haly's official position was a sufficient reason 

 for his election as an Honorary Member. 



The Lord Bishop, President, endorsed what has been stated by 

 Mr. Harward, and remarked that he thought that Mr. Haly, by virtue 

 of his position, should have been elected an Honorary Member before. 



Resolved to recommend that Mr. A. Haly, Director of the 

 Colombo Museum, be elected an Honorary Member of the Society. 



8. The attention of the Council was invited to Rule 35 regarding 

 the appointment of a Standing Committee for the consideration of 

 Papers. 



Decided that the matter do stand over for the consideration of 

 the Council of 1896. 



9. The Secretaries explained that estimates for the printing of 

 the Society's Publications, desired by the Council, had been called for, 

 and would probably be submitted at the next Meeting of the Council. 



