NO. 49.— 1898.] ANNUAL REPORT. 



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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, February 26, 1898. 



Present : 



The Hon. Mr. Justice A. C. Lawrie, Yice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Staniforth Green, Yice-President. 



Mr. W. N. S. Aserappa. Mr. J. A. Henderson. 



Mr. M. Cochran. Dr. W. A. de Silva. 



Mr. C. M. Fernando. Dr. W. H. de Silva. 



Mr. P. Freiidenberg. Dr. W. G. Yandort. 



Mr. A. Haly. j 



Mr. F. C. Roles, Honorary Treasurer. 



Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary. 



Yisitors : one lady and five gentlemen. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of General Meeting held on 

 December 22, 1897. 



2. Mr. Joseph announced the election of the f ollowingMembers :— - 

 P. E. Pieris, CCS. ; I. Gunawardene ; G. W. Suhren ; W. H. Figg ; 

 F. Macindoe ; E. E. Green, F.E.S. 



3. Mr. Joseph read the following — 



ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1897. 



The Council of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 

 have the honour to submit the following Report for the year 1897 : — 



Meetings. 



Five General Meetings of this Society have been held during the 

 year, at which the following Papers were read and discussed, viz. : — 



(1) " Interim Report on the Operations of the Archseological Survey 



of Sigiriya (Second Season), 1896," by H. C. P. Bell, C.C.S., 

 Archaeological Commissioner. 



(2) " Contributions to Ceylon Malacalogy," by 0. Collett, F.R.M.S. 



(3) " Ancient Cities and Temples in the Kurunegala District : IY., 



Dambadeniya," by F. H. Modder. 



(4) " A Geological and Mineralogical Sketch of the North-Western 



Province," by F. H. Modder. 



(5) " Some Illustrations from the Fauna of Ceylon of Wallace's 



Theory of Natural Selection," by A. Haly, Director, 

 Colombo Museum. 



