No. 47.— 1896.] PROCEEDINGS. 87 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, February 10, 1896. 

 Present : 



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



Mr. J. G. C. Mendis. 

 Dr. W. A. de Silva. 

 Dr. W. H. de Silva. 

 Rev. F. H. de Winton. 



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



Visitors : three gentlemen. 



Mr. J. Alexander. 

 Mr. D. W. Ferguson. 

 Mr. C. M. Fernando. 

 Dr. S. Fernando. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of General Meeting held on 

 September 10, 1895. 



2. Mr. Harward, on behalf of the Council, read the — 



ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1895. 



The Council of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 

 have the honour to lay before this Meeting their Annual Report for 

 the year 1895. 



Three General Meetings of this Society have been held during the 

 year, at which the following Papers were read : — 



(1) " Purananuru," by the Hon. P. Coomaraswamy. 



(2) "King Senkuttuvan of the Chera Dynasty," by the Hon. 



P. Coomaraswamy. 



(3) "Interim Report on the Operations of the Archaeological 



Survey at Sigiriya in 1895," by H. C. P. Bell., c.c.s., 

 Archaeological Commissioner. 



Conversazione. 



On December 13, 1895, the Society celebrated its Jubilee by holding 

 a Conversazione. The Lord Bishop of Colombo, President, delivered 

 an Address, giving a sketch of the early history of the Society. 



An account of this very successful gathering will be found in the 

 Society's Journal for 1895. The Council take this opportunity of 

 tendering their thanks both to those who subscribed towards the 

 expense, and to those who took part in organizing the entertainment. 



Members. 



The number of Members of the Society is now 203. Of these, 

 8 are Honorary Members, 17 Life Members, and 178 Ordinary 

 Members. 



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