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



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Meeting held on September 

 H. 1894. 



2. The Hon. J. A. Swettenham moved " That a vote of thanks 

 be passed to Mr. J. F. W. Gore for compiling an Index to the Journals 

 and Proceedings of the Society, and that he be elected an Honorary 

 Life Member, under Rules 7 and 9." He said that the Society was 

 placed under a deep debt of obligation to Mr. Gore for having com- 

 piled the Index referred to, — the result of great personal trouble 

 and patience, and a work of great utility to those interested in Asiatic 

 research. He thought the least the Society could do in return was to 

 express its sense of thankfulness by making him an Honorary 

 Member of the Society for life, which he had much pleasure in moving. 



Mr .J. Ferguson, in seconding the above resolution, bore testimony 

 to the high character of Mr. Gore's work. He said that from his 

 experience in the publication of statistical information he felt qualified 

 to fully appreciate the usefulness of the Index which had been laid 

 on the table, and a specimen copy of which he held in his hand. Dr. 

 Johnson said, that knowledge was of two kinds : we either know a 

 subject ourselves or we know where to get information about it. 

 Mr. Gore had made it easy to all using his Index to get at the stores of 

 learning and useful compilation in the Society's volumes. 



Mr. Arunachalam inquired whether it was competent for the Society, 

 in view of Rule 1, which defined its objects, to pass the motion. 

 Undoubtedly Mr. Gore had rendered valuable service to the Society, 

 but the point upon which he wished the ruling of the Chair depended 

 entirely on the interpretation of the Rule referred to. 



The Hon. Mr. Swettenham, in reply, pointed out that the motion 

 was strictly within Rule 1 . Mr. Gore had rendered distinguished services 

 to the Society of the kind contemplated in Rules 7 and 9, and they 

 were calculated to promote the objects enumerated under Rule 1. 



His Excellency the Governor had no hesitation in ruling that the 

 motion was in order, and had much pleasure in putting it before 

 the Meeting. The motion was carried with acclamation, and Mr. Gore 

 was elected an Honorary Life Member. 



3. The following Paper was read by the Author : — 



