No. 57.— 1906.1 



PROCEEDINGS. 



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5. On the motion of Mr. C. J. M. Gordon, M.A., seconded by 

 Mr. P. D. Warren, the Annual Report was adopted. 



6. The following Office-Bearers were elected on a motion 

 proposed by Dr. C. A. Hewavitarana and seconded by Mr. T. P. 

 Attygalle: — 



President. — The Hon. Mr. John Ferguson, C.M.G. 



Vice-Presidents. — Mr. J. P. Lewis, M.A., CCS. ; Mr. P. Freu- 

 denberg, J.P. ; A. Willey, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. 



Council. 



Mr. C M. Fernando, M.A., 

 L.L.M. 



Mr. A. M. Gunasekera, Mudaliyar 



A. J. Chalmers, M.D., F.R.O.S. 



J. C. Willis, M. A., Sc.D., F.L.S. 



Mr. C Drieberg, B. A. , F.H.A.S. 



Mr. R. G. Anthonisz, Govern- 

 ment Archivist. 



Dr. W. H. de Silva, M.B., 

 CM., F.R.CS. 



The Hon. Mr. S. C Obeye- 

 sekere. 



The Hon. Mr. P. Arunacha- 



lam, M.A., CCS. 

 A. K. Coomaraswamy, Sc.D. 

 Mr. E. B. Denham, B.A., 



CCS. 



Mr. S. de Silva, Mudaliyar, 

 Chief Translator to Govern- 

 ment. 



Honorary Treasurer. — Mr. R. H. Ferguson, B.A. 



Honorary Secretaries. — Mr. H. C. P. Bell, CCS.; Mr. J. Harward, 

 M.A. ; Mr. G. A. Joseph. 



7. The President then delivered the following Address : — 

 Your Excellency, Ladies, and Gentlemen, — My first duty 

 clearly is to return thanks in the names of the Office-Bearers of 

 the Society for the honour you have just conferred upon us by our 

 election, and in a special way for my own re-election as President. 

 I am very conscious that I have done nothing to deserve this mark 

 of confidence. A year ago I distinctly intimated my intention 

 not to seek re-election, and it is only in deference to the wishes — 

 I may almost say the urgent request — -of two such pillars of the 

 Society as Mr. H. C. P. Bell and Mr. J. Harward that I agreed 

 reluctantly to continue in the office, if that proved to be the wish 

 of this anniversary meeting. 



As regards the future of the Society, we, Office-Bearers, greatly 

 depend on the good-will of Members able to make suitable 

 contributions to our Journal and to take part in discussions 

 arising thereon, and although fresh, stimulating Papers of special 

 interest have not been too numerous during the past few years, 

 yet I am glad to think that the prospect is such that there 

 is not much likelihood of my being, for the coming year at least, 

 like some of my predecessors, a President in search of a Paper 

 any more than of a quorum. Meantime, I have to confess 

 that in a moment of weakness I was rash enough to promise a 



