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Library and that of the Asiatic Society require additional space, not 

 only for present requirements, but to allow for future development." 



Resolved, — That the Honorary Secretary do address the Govern- 

 ment, as suggested. 



9. On a motion proposed by Mr. J. A. Henderson, and seconded 

 by Dr. W. H. de Silva, the following gentlemen were elected as Office- 

 Bearers for 1898 :— 



President. — The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Colombo. 



Vice-Presidents.— The Hon. Mr. Justice A. C. Lawrie and 

 Mr. Staniforth Green. 



Council. 



Mr. O. Collett, F.R.M.S. 



Mr. P. Coomaraswamy. 



Mr. J. Ferguson. 



Mr. C. M. Fernando, B.A., LL.B. 



Cantab. 

 Mr. P. Freiidenberg. 

 Mr. A. Haly. 



Mr. F. M. Mackwood. 



Mr. F. H. Modder. 



Mr. P. Ramanathan, C.M.G. 



Mr. W. P. Ranasinha. 



Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Raja. 



Dr. W. G. Yandort. 



Honorary Treasurer. — Mr. F. C. Roles. 



Honorary Secretaries. 



•Mr. H. C. P. Bell, CCS. ; Mr. J.Harward, M.A. ; 

 and Mr. G. A. Joseph. 



10. The Chairman explained that owing to ill-health Mr. Harward 

 had resigned the Honorary Secretaryship ; but the Council had 

 prevailed on him to retain it on the understanding that he was not 

 expected to read Papers. The only new Member of Council was 

 Mr. Modder, who took an enthusiastic interest in that part of the 

 Island (Kurunegala) in which he lived, and had been a valuable 

 contributor to the Society's proceedings. 



11. The Chairman :• — I beg to move, on the recommendation 

 of the Council, that Mr. H. C. P. Bell, the Archaeological Com- 

 missioner, be elected an Honorary Member in recognition of the 

 valuable services rendered by him to the Society during a period of 

 seventeen years. 



I think it is right I should move this from the Chair (hear, hear), 

 and ask you to adopt the suggestion of the Council, and adopt it, T hope, 

 cordially and unanimously (hear, hear). Mr. Bell's services to the 

 antiquities and archaeology of Ceylon are well known to all of us ; there 

 is no man who has done so much continuously and usefully as he has done 

 in that direction. His ability to do the work was recognized long 

 ago by the Government in selecting him from the ranks of the Civil 

 Service as the man most capable of undertaking the direction of the 

 Archaeological Survey of the Island ; and the zeal with which he has 

 carried those works on, the ability and knowledge he has applied 

 to them, have been recognized by all. The Council have felt it fitting 

 that what he has done should be recognized by the Society in this small 

 manner, — for it is a small way, but that is the only way we have at our 

 command, — viz., by recommending that he be made an Honorary 

 Member of this Society for the remainder of his life (hear, hear). 



12. Mr. P. Freudenberg : — I have much pleasure in seconding the 

 motion. Much praise has been bestowed upon Mr. Bell, so I shall not 

 praise him myself. I desire to congratulate him on his success in what 



