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



COUNCIL MEETING. 

 November 7, 1893. 

 Present : 



The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Colombo, President, 

 in the Chair. 

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

 Mr. F. C. Roles, Honorary Treasurer. 

 Mr. C A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Meeting held on September 11, 

 1893. 



2. Read the following letter from Mr. J. F. W. Core on the 

 subject of the paging of reprints :— 



Dear Sir, — With reference to the reprints of the Journals of the 

 Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, I write to inform you 

 that I have completed (No. 12, in the Press, excepted) a series of 

 Tables showing the correspondence between their paging and that of 

 the originals. It is intended that this shall form an appendix to the 

 Index now in preparation, so that persons in possession of a mixed 

 series of part Numbers may be enabled to consult the Index without 

 danger of confusion. 



To the best of my knowledge I have now examined specimens of all 

 the originals as well as of all the reprints (except No. 12), and it must 

 be considered fortunate that so complete a series has been available. 

 The Museum copy of the Journal, from which the Index is being 

 compiled, appears to consist entirely of originals, with the exception 

 of Part I., which I have marginally marked with original page Numbers. 



Since many of the past numbers (originals and reprints) are 

 becoming scarce, it may shortly be necessary to issue a second series of 

 reprints, as well as to continue reprinting those Numbers hitherto not 

 reprinted. 



I therefore take this opportunity of recommending that in future 

 each page of such reprint should be made to contain exactly the same 

 reading matter as is found on the page of the original from which it is 

 reprinted, and should be numbered as in the original. An increase or 

 decrease of the margin might, I think, be made to allow for any 

 difference in the sizes of the type used formerly and now ; while if 

 the original page ends in a divided word, so should the page of the 

 reprint, even if it be necessary to divide it in the middle of the last 

 line. Probably the appearance of the reprinted page would in a very 

 slight degree suffer ; but, as against this must be set the great advan- 

 tages of securing uniformity with the Museum or standard copy, and 

 of obviating the necessity of issuing, to all who possess a copy of the 

 Index, a fresh correspondence-table with each future reprint. 



Honorary Secretary, 



R. A. S. (C. B.) 



I am, &c, 



J. F. W.Gore. 



