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



COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 Colombo Museum Library, August 9, 1894. 

 Present : 



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



Mr. Justice Lawrie. | Mr. W. P. Ranasinha. 



Mr. H. F. Tomalin. 



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



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Meeting held on July 7, 1894. 



2. Laid on the table a Paper from Mr. Ranasinha on " Gaja Bahu 

 I.": referred to Mr. H. C. P. Bell and Dr. W. G. Vandort. 



Resolved, — That the Paper be accepted and read, and that it be 

 previously printed and circulated. 



3. Laid on the table a Paper by Mr. F. W. de Silva, Mudaliyar r 

 entitled " Notes on the Sports and Games of the Sinhalese. " 



Resolved, — That the Paper be referred to Mr. Justice Lawrie. 



4. Read a letter from Mr. J. P. Lewis, c.c.s., dated July 31, 1894 T 

 offering a Paper on " The Archaeology of the Wanni," intended to be 

 published in his " Manual of the Wanni District." 



Resolved, — That the offer be accepted, and that the Paper be 

 referred to Mr. Harward for report, and that the question of 

 publishing it in the Society's Journal do stand over. 



Resolved, — That a Meeting of the Society be held on September 8 

 next, or on such date as the Secretaries may think fit, and that it 

 be left to their discretion to fix the Papers for reading. 



