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3. Laid on the table list of Members elected recently by circular. 



4. Laid on the table Circular No. 279 of November 18, 1905, 

 covering a Paper entitled " A Copper Sannasa granted to King Kirti 

 Sri Rajasinha in Saka 1685," by Mr. T. B. Pohath, with the opinions 

 of Messrs. J. Harward and A. M. Gunasekera, Mudaliyar, to whom 

 the Paper was referred. 



Resolved, — That in view of the remarks by the gentlemen to whom 

 the Paper was referred, that it be not accepted ; but that the writer 

 be thanked for forwarding it to the Society. 



5. Laid on the table Circular No. 61 of February 7, 1906, covering 

 a Paper entitled " Udapola Sannasa," with translation and notes, by 

 Mr. T. B. Pohath, with the opinions of Messrs. H. C. P. Bell and 

 C. M. Fernando, to whom the Paper was referred. 



Resolved, — That in view of the remarks by the gentlemen to whom 

 the Paper was referred, that it be not accepted ; but that the writer 

 be thanked for forwarding it to the Society. 



6. Laid on the table Circular No. 71 of November 10, 1906, substi- 

 tuting Mr. E. B. Denham's name as a Member of the Council for 

 1906 in place of the Hon. Mr. H. L. Crawford. 



7. Laid on the table manuscript translation of " Barros " and 

 "De Couto" by Mr. D. W. Ferguson, with a letter dated May 10, 

 1906. 



Resolved, — That Mr. Ferguson be accorded a most cordial vote of 

 thanks from the Council for the very able way he has prepared 

 the translation and annotations of works of considerable historical 

 interest. 



Resolved, — That the translation of "Barros" and " De Couto" be 

 issued as an Extra Number of the Society's Journal. 



8. Informed the Council that the Paper entitled " First Discovery 

 of Ceylon by the Portuguese" by Mr. D. W. Ferguson has been 

 received and sent to the Printer. 



Resolved, — That the Paper be read at a Meeting and published in 

 the Society's Journal. 



9. Read a letter from the Hon. Mr. J. Ferguson drawing atten- 

 tion of the Council to a letter from Dr. Haddon of Cambridge re- 

 garding Mr. Brown's mission to investigate regarding the Veddas. 



10. Read a letter from Mr. J. Harward resigning office as Hono- 

 rary Secretary during his absence from the Island. 



11. Laid on the table a paper entitled "Some Ruins in Ruhuna 

 Rati'," by A. Jayawardana, Mudaliyar. 



Resolved, — That the Paper be referred to S. de Silva and 

 A. M. G-unasekera, Mudaliyars, for their opinions. 



12. Laid on the table the following Papers by Mr. T. B. 

 Pohath :— 



(1) "Royal Grant of Saka 1676." 



(2) " Translation of a Copper Sannasa granted by King Kirti 



Sri Rajasinha in Saka 1690." 



(3) "Text, Transcript, and Translation of a Royal Sannasa 



granted in 1677." 

 Resolved,— That the Papers be referred to Mr- C. M. Fernando 

 and Dr. W. H. de Silva for their opinions. 



