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5. Read a letter from Mr. J. F. W. Gore to Honorary Secretary, 

 dated October 22, 1894, notifying that the Index to the Journals and 

 Proceedings of the Society had been completed. 



Resolved, — That pending a more suitable expression of thanks to be 

 given hereafter, and to be moved at a General Meeting, Mr. Gore 

 be informed that the Council tenders its thanks to him for the 

 valuable services rendered to the Society by the compilation of the 

 Index, and for the great amount of personal trouble taken by him in 

 the compilation of the work. 



6. Resolved, — That a Meeting of the Society be held on the 8th or 

 15th proximo, and that the following be the business for the Meeting, 

 subject to any alterations that may be made by the Secretaries : — 



(1) To read (a) A Paper on " The Music of the Mechanics of 



Ceylon," by Mr. C. M. Fernando. 

 (6) A Paper entitled " A Half -hour with two Ancient Tamil 

 Poets," by the Hon. P. Coomaraswamy. 



(2) To pass a vote of thanks to Mr. J. F. W. Gore for compiling an 



Index to the Journals and Proceedings of the Society, and to 

 move, on the nomination of the Council, under rules 7 and 9, 

 that he be elected a Honorary Member of the Society. 



GENERAL MEETING. 

 Colombo Museum, December 8, 1894. 



Present : 



His Excellency Sir Arthur E. Havelock, K.C.M.O., &c, Patron, 

 in the Chair. 



The Hon. J. A. Swettenham, c.m.g., Vice-President. 



Mr. P. Arunachalam. 

 Mr. W. N. S. Aserappa. 

 Mr. J. H. Barber. 

 Hon. P. Coomaraswamy. 

 Mr. C. Drieberg. 

 Mr. P. Freiidenberg. 

 Dr. H. M. Fernando. 

 Mr. J. Ferguson. 

 Mr. C. M. Fernando. 

 Mr. R. W. levers. 

 Br. W. G. Keith. 



Mr. P. Kehelpannala. 

 Mr. S. G. Lee. 

 Mr. Walter Pereira. 

 Hon. T. B. Panabokke. 

 Dr. Lisboa Pinto. 

 Mr. W. P. Ranasinha. 

 Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Raja. 

 Dr. W. H. de Silva. 

 Mr. W. A. de Silva. 

 Dr. W. G. Yandort. 



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

 Visitors : — Sixteen gentlemen and fourteen ladies. 



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