JOURNAL 



OF THE 



EOYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 

 CEYLON BRANCH. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, January 18, 1897. 

 Present : 



Mr. Staniforth Green, "Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. Ferguson. I Mr. P. Freiidenberg. 



Mr. C. M. Fernando. | Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Raja. 



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



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Meeting of Council held on 

 December 3, 1896. 



2. Laid on the table a communication from the Lord Bishop of 

 Colombo regarding an application by the Rev. J . F. X. Alvarez for 

 permission to remove books from the Society's Library. 



Resolved, — That the matter be left for the Secretaries to deal with : 

 the Council being of opinion that the Rev. Mr. Alvarez should join 

 the Society if he wishes to take books out of its Library ; but that, if 

 he only desires to consult some one work, it may be issued to him. 



3. Laid on the table a letter from the Hon. the Colonial Secretary 

 covering a letter from the Secretary of the Geographical Society, 

 Lisbon, regarding exchanges of Ceylon specimens, &c. 



16—97 b 



