;No. 47.— 1896.] 



PROCEEDINGS. 



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Mr. D. W. Feeguson proposed the adoption of the Report. On 

 the whole, it was satisfactory. The only really unsatisfactory part 

 was with reference to the Members who had not paid their sub- 

 scriptions for many years. He did not think the number had been 

 stated, but he hoped it was not large. From the Proceedings of last 

 year he noticed that it was proposed that steps should be taken to 

 recover the amount by law ; but it was found that that was impossible 

 without the signatures of all the Members of the Society. It was a 

 great pity if such was the case ; and he hoped some of the amount 

 might be recovered by appealing to the honour of the gentlemen who 

 were in arrears. If not, he was of opinion that some steps should be 

 taken to have their names published, so that others might take warn- 

 ing. He concluded by moving the adoption of the Report. 



Mr. Mendis seconded, and the Report was adopted. 



3. The Rev. F. H, de Winton said: — He had much pleasure in pro- 

 posing the following names of gentlemen to be elected Office- Bearers 

 for the current year : — 



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



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

 Green. 



Council. 



Hon. P. Coomaraswamy. 

 Mr. J. Ferguson. 

 Mr. C. M. Fernando. 

 Mr. P. Freiidenberg. 

 Mr. F. M. Mackwood. 

 Mr. F. H. Price. 



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-. Vandort. 



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. D. W. Ferguson seconded, and the list was carried unani- 

 mously. 



The President returned thanks on behalf of those to whom honour 

 had been done by electing them Office-Bearers of the Society for the 

 current year. Many of them had held office during the past year, and it 

 was not altogether unsuitable that he should say one or two words in 

 recognition of the services which the officers of the past year had 

 rendered. 



A Society like theirs depended for its vitality almost entirely 

 upon the energy of its Secretaries and its Treasurer ; and the 

 amount of work the Secretaries had done for the Society was 

 really very considerable, and deserved the gratitude of all who in 

 any degree valued the Society. 



The preparation of the Society's Journals, seeing them through the 

 Press, the management and preparation of Meetings, and, in particular, 

 the important conversazione held not long ago, a very considerable 

 correspondence, the compilation by one of the Secretaries of a 

 Catalogue of the Library, — these were all services which involved no 

 small labour on the part of those gentlemen who had placed their 

 time at the disposal of the Society ; and the fact that their Journals 

 were so completely up to date showed how thoroughly their Secre- 

 taries had done their work. That they were re-elected to office was 



