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



COUNCIL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, December S i 1896, 



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Present : 



Mr. S. Green, Yice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. C. M. Fernando, j Mr. F. EL Price. 



Mr. P. Freiidenberg. 



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



Business. , 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Council Meeting field on 

 Wednesday, October 28, 1896. 



2. Laid on the table a letter from Mr. A. Haly, regarding a, Paper 

 that he wishes to have read at a General Meeting of the Society. 



Resolved, — That Mr. Haly be informed that the programme for the 

 next Meeting is full, and that he be asked to kindly forward his 

 Paper to be submitted to the Council, to be dealt with in the ordinary 

 course. 



3. Laid on the table Mr. Haly's reply regarding the letter from 

 the British Association on Zoological Bibliography, referred to him 

 for his advice. 



Resolved, — That the British Association be informed that this 

 Society will, as far as possible, comply with the suggestion made by the 

 Association as regards Zoological Bibliography and Publication. 



4. Laid on the table the Journals of the Anthropological Society 

 of Australasia, forwarded with a view to exchange. 



Resolved, — That the Anthropological Society of Australasia be 

 thanked for forwarding the Journals, but be informed that, as this 

 Society receives the Journals of other Societies in Australia, the 

 Council is not in favour of adding another name to the list. 



5. Discussed the question of the next General Meeting. 



The Secretaries explained that Mr. H. C. P. Bell's " Interim Report 

 on the operations of the Archaeological Survey at Si'giriya, 1896," had 

 been fixed for reading on December 10, and that H. E. the Governor 

 had replied through the Colonial Office that he would answer the 

 invitation of the Council to preside after the Report reached the 

 Government. 



Resolved, — That the Secretaries do fix another suitable date as soon 

 as a farther communication has been received from H. E. the 

 Governor. 



