No. 49.— 1898.] dutch monumental remains. 



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On the old building used as " Up-country Chambers " 

 behind the Colombo Club : — 



T. SCHOOL 



VAN 

 COLPETTY. 

 TOT VOORT PLANTING 

 VAN DE WAAR CHRIS- 

 TELYKE GEREFOR- 

 MEERDE RELIGIE. 

 Translation. — The school of Colpetty. For the propaga- 

 tion of the true Christian Reformed Religion. 



On another stone in the same building : — 

 A° 1734 

 OP NTEUW GEBOUWT 

 IN HET 

 JAAR 1746. 



Translation. — 1734 A.D. Rebuilt in the year 1746. 



Name of a house at Jaffna ; also of a house at Magalla, 

 Galle'f— * 



YRYHEID BLYHEID. 

 I.e.. " Freedom and joy." 



Over the door of the Dutch Church in Matara there is a 

 stone bearing this inscription : — 



DANIEL BURNAT 

 OPPERCOOPMAN EN 

 DESSAVE 

 ANNO 1767. 



The date 1767 (which Ludovici in Lapidarium Zeylanicum 

 erroneously gives as 1706) is probably the date when it was 

 repaired or rebuilt, for it seems to be much the same building, 

 as to plan and appearance, as the church depicted in Heydt's 

 plate.t 



* See 2 C.L.R. 357. 



t See 3 C.L.R. 311. 



