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Society, Singapore ; the Koninklijk Instituit voor de Taal- 

 Land-en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indie, Holland ; the 

 Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian 

 Branch), Adelaide ; the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society; the Techno -Chemical Laboratory, Bombay ; the Uni- 

 versity Library, Cambridge ; the Director-General of Archaeology, 

 India. 



Council. 



Two Members of the Council of 1905, viz., the Hon. Mr. S. C, 

 Obeyesekere and Mr. H. White, by virtue of Rule 16 are deemed 

 to have retired by seniority ; and under the same Rule Mr. P. 

 Ramanathan and Dr. J. C. Willis by least attendance have 

 vacated their places. Of these gentlemen, two being eligible for 

 re-election, the Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere and Dr. J. C. Willis 

 were re-elected ; and the vacancies in the Council were filled by 

 the appointment of the Hon. Mr. P. Arunachalam and Dr. A. K. 

 Coomaraswamy. 



Dr. A. Willey, D.Sc, F.R.S., Director, Colombo Museum, was 

 elected a Vice-President, and his place in the Council was supplied 

 by the appointment of Mudaliyar S. de Silva, Chief Translator 

 to Government. 



The vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. H. F. Tomalin 

 was filled by the appointment of Mr. E. B. Denham, B.A., CCS. 



Accommodation. 



The Council note that the extension of the Museum is to be 

 taken in hand in 1907 ; and trust the w T ork will be pushed on so 

 as to afford much-needed room for the expansion of the Colombo 

 Museum, its Library, and the Library of this Society. 



Archaeological. 



The Archseological Commissioner has been so good as to favour 

 the Council with a summary of the operations of the Archaeological 

 Survey during 1906 at Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, and Sigiriya. 



Further, he has permitted a set of beautiful coloured drawings, 

 on a large scale, of some of the chief ruins of Polonnaruwa, 

 made by the Archseological Survey Draughtsmen, as well as several 

 photographs to be exhibited at this Meeting. 



I. — Anuradhapura. 



( 1 ) Clearing Jungle. 



The moiety of the annual clearing vote for Anuradhapura, 

 allotted to the Archaeological Commissioner for keeping ruined 

 areas outside Town limits free of jungle growth, was expended 

 on the clearing of under growth and weeds in the ruined reservations 

 at Abhayagiriya, Mirisavetiya, Elala Sohona, Tisavewa, Vessa- 

 giriya, Jetawanarama, and on the Outer Circular Road. 



