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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. XIX. 



6. Laid on the table a letter from the Honorary Secretary, Pettah 

 Library, asking for a set of the Society's publications. 



Resolved, — That a reply be sent that the Society's publications have 

 not been supplied free to Libraries, and that the publications can be 

 consulted by any Member of the Pettah Library at the Colombo 

 Museum. 



7. Laid on the table a letter from Messrs. A. M. and J. Ferguson 

 pointing out the necessity of reprinting No. 31 of the Journal. 



Resolved, — That the matter be left in the hands of the Secretaries 

 and Treasurer. 



8. Considered the nomination of Office-Bearers for 1906. 



Under Rule 16 the Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere and Mr. H. White 

 retire by seniority, and Mr. P. Ramanathan and Dr. J. C. Willis by 

 reason of least attendance. Two of these Members are eligible for 

 re-election. Mr. H. F. Tomalin resigned his seat on the Council 

 owing to transfer from Colombo. 



Resolved— That the Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere and Dr. J. C. 

 Willis be re-elected ; that Messrs. H. White and P. Ramanathan be 

 deemed to have retired ; and that the vacancies in the Council be 

 filled by the election of Messrs. P. Arunachalam, A. K. Coomiraswamy, 

 and Hon. Mr. H. L. Crawford. Resolved further, — That Dr. Willey, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S., be nominated a Vice-President of the Society, and his 

 place in the Council be filled by S. de Silva, Gate Mudaliyar, Chief 

 Translator to Government. 



9. Resolved, — That the Annual General Meeting be held in March: 

 that the date be left in the hands of the Honorary Secretaries ; that His 

 Excellency the Governor be requested to preside at the Meeting ; and 

 that the business be the reading of the Annual Report, election of 

 Office-Bearers, and the delivery of an Address by the President. 



10. Resolved, — That Mr. J. A. Henderson be asked to audit the 

 Society's accounts for 1905. 



11. Resolved, — That the President's Paper entitled " The Begin- 

 ning, Rise, and Progress of the Cultivation of the Coconut Palm in 

 Ceylon (No. 1 : from earliest times up to 1660 a.d. or about the end 

 of the Portuguese Occupation of the Maritime Province)," be accepted, 

 and read at the Annual General Meeting. 



