No. 45. — 1894.] PROCEEDINGS. 



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COUNCIL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, October 1, 1894. 

 Present : 



The Hon. J. A. Swettenham, C.M.G., Yice-President, in the Chair. 

 The Hon. P. Ramanathan, c.m.g. j Mr. W. P. Ranasinha. 



Dr. W. G. Yandort. 



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



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Meeting held on August 9, 1894. 



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

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

 to the Hon. Mr. Justice Lawrie for his opinion. 



Resolved (in view of Mr. Justice Lawrie's opinion), — That Mr. 

 de Silva be thanked for his Paper, and be informed that the Council 

 regret they cannot accept it. 



3. Laid on the table a Paper by the Hon. P. Coomaraswamy, entitled 

 u A Half -hour with two Ancient Tamil Poets." 



Resolved,— That the Paper be referred to Mr. E. S. W. Senathi 

 Raja and Dr. Brito for report. 



4. Laid on the table in manuscript a Classified Catalogue of the 

 Society's Library, and considered the question whether it should be 

 printed in its present form. 



After some discussion, on a motion proposed by Mr. Harward, it 

 was resolved, — That a new Catalogue be drawn up on the lines of the 

 Museum Catalogue, and be submitted to the Council, after the 

 approximate cost of printing has been ascertained. 



5. Read a letter from Mr. D. W. Ferguson, dated July 27, 1894, 

 consenting to act as the Society's Delegate at the Xe Congres Inter- 

 national des Orientalistes. 



6. Resolved, — That a complete set of the " Ceylon Literary 

 Register " be procured for the Library, and that the " Monthly Literary 

 Register" be subscribed for, and the back numbers obtained. 



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