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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XVI. 



Members. 



During the past year eleven new Members were elected, viz., 

 I. Gunawardene ; G. W. Suhren ; W. H. Figg ; E. E. Green ; P. E 

 Morgappah ; H. Freiidenberg ; J. Pieris ; H. 0. Barnard ; Dr. V. R. 

 Saravanamuttu ; C. E. Haslop ; and R. M. John. 



Six Members resigned, viz., A. E. W. de Livera; W. G. Haines, CCS,: 

 N. Tyagaraja ; A. Tiruvilangam ; Dr. J. L. Vanderstraaten ; and T. J. 

 Cooke. 



The following names of Members have been removed from the roll 

 for not conforming to No. 30 of the Society's Rules, viz., J. Caderamen, 

 F. W. M. Karunaratne, S. Moonesinha, S. F. Nagapper, and J. P. S. 

 Samarasekera. 



Mr. H. C P. Bell, CCS., Archaeological Commissioner, was elected 

 an Honorary Member in recognition of the valuable services rendered 

 by him to the Society as one of its Honorary Secretaries for a period 

 of seventeen years. 



Messrs. T.Berwick, A. M. Gunasekera Mudaliyar, and F. C Roles 

 became Life Members during the year. 



The Society now has on its roll 190 Members, including Sir John 

 J. Grinlinton, 20 Life Members, and 10 Honorary Members. 



The Council record with regret the death of the following 

 Members :— B. G. L. Bremner ; R. L. M. Brown ; J. M. Perera, J.P. ; 

 Dr. P. M. Lisboa Pinto ; and J. Lemphers. 



Library. 



The additions to the Library during the year numbered 309 volumes. 

 The acquisitions are chiefly exchanges received from Societies. The 

 Library is indebted for donations to the following : — The Trustees of 

 the Indian Museum ; the Government of Bengal ; the Government 

 of India ; J. P. Lewis/ CCS. ; F. Lewis ; the Government of 

 Ceylon ; the Government of Madras ; the Government of Bombay ; 

 the Secretary of State for India in Council ; H. C. P. Bell, C CS. ; 

 the Colombo Museum ; the Geological Survey of Canada ; the Director 

 of State Archives, the Hague ; the Government of North- Western 

 Provinces and Oudh ; Achariya Sumanajoti Thera ; and A. C. Cavadini, 

 S.J., Bishop of Mangalore. 



Valuable exchanges have been made during the year with the 

 following Societies, &c: — The American Oriental Society ; Biji tot 

 de Taal-Land en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indie, the Hague : 

 the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland ; the Royal 

 Society of Victoria ; the Geological Society of London ; the 

 Smithsonian Institution : K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 

 Vienna ; the Musee Guimet, Paris ; Deutsche Morgenlandische 

 Gessellschaf t, Leipzig ; Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou ; 

 the Anthropological Society of Great Britain and Ireland ; the 

 Bureau of Education, Washington ; the Anthropological Society of 

 Bombay ; the Pekin Oriental Society ; the Asiatic Society of Bengal ; 

 the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ; the Royal Colonial 

 Institute ; the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ; the 

 University of Upsala ; Societe Zoologique, Paris ; Genootschap van 

 Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Batavia ; the Royal Society of New 

 South Wales ; the Asiatic Society of Japan ; South Australian Branch 

 of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. 



