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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XV. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 

 Colombo Museum, October 18, 1898. 

 Present : 



The Lord Bishop of Colombo, President, in the Chair. 

 The Hon. Mr. Justice A. C. Lawrie, Vice-President. 

 Mr. J. Ferguson. Mr. A. Haly. 



Dr. W. G. Vandort. 

 Mr. F. C. Roles, Honorary Treasurer. 

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



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Council Meeting of September 

 15, 1898. 



2. Laid on the table the following Papers :■ — 



(1) "Notes on Dipterocarpacece, both as regards the Ceylon 



members of the order and general distribution," by 

 Mr. F. Lewis. 



(2) " A translation from the Dutch relating to the Expedition 



to Kandy of Lubbert Jan Baron van Eck, Governor of 

 Ceylon, 1763-1765," by Mr. A. E. Buultjens. 

 Resolved, — That the first Paper be referred to the Hon. Mr. Justice 



A. C. Lawrie and the second one to Mr. H. C. P. Bell, for their 



opinions respectively. 



3. Laid on the table Mr. Haly's Report on books in the Society's 

 Library which he recommends should be dispensed with. 



Resolved, — That Messrs. Harward, Haly, and Dr. Vandort do form 

 a Sub-Committee, and that they do select such books as they would 

 offer to other institutions, but that no books be destroyed ; and that 

 the same Sub-Committee do report on the present exchange list, with 

 a view to stopping further exchange with Societies whose publications 

 are considered unsuitable. 



4. Laid on the table a letter from the Royal Geographical Society 

 of Australasia asking for an exchange of publications, and fowarding 

 a set of their publications (containing eleven volumes). 



Resolved, — That the matter be referred to the above Sub-Committee 

 for report. 



