No. 50.-— 1899.] PROCEEDINGS. 13 



On the motion of Mr. Freiidenberg, seconded by Mr. Henderson, the 

 Report was adopted. 



3. Mr. Harward announced that Mr. H. T. Gardiner and Mr. 

 R. H. Ferguson had been elected Members since the last General 

 Meeting. 



4. The following were elected Office-Bearers for the current year 

 on the motion of Mr. F, H. Price, and seconded by Mr. C. 

 Drieberg : — 



President. — The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Colombo. 



Vice-Presidents. — The Hon. Mr. Justice A. C. Lawrie and 

 Mr. Staniforth Green. 



Council. 



Mr. P. Ooomaraswamy. 

 Mr. P. Freiidenberg. 

 Mr. C. M. Fernando. 

 Mr. J. Ferguson. 

 Mr. A. Haly. 

 Mr. J. P. Lewis. 



Mr. F. H. Modder. 

 Mr. F. M. Mackwood. 

 Mr. W. P. Ranasinha. 

 Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Raja. 

 Dr. W. G. Vandort. 

 Mr. H. White, C.C.S. 



Honorary Treasurer, — Mr. F. C. Roles. 



Honorary Secretaries. — Mr. H. C. P. Bell, C.C.S. ; Mr. J. Harward, M.A. : 

 and Mr. G. A. Joseph. 



Mr. Price, in putting the motion to the vote, said he took it for 

 granted that those present approved of the election of the Members 

 specified in the list. They saw from the Report just read how 

 extremely well managed were the affairs of the Society for the past 

 year. Not having the list of Members of Council for 1898 before him 

 he imagined that the Members whose election he had just proposed 

 were more or less identical with the Members for the past year. 

 However that might be, he felt sure that the Members of the Society 

 present would unanimously agree to elect the Members whose names 

 he had just read. 



The Chairman said he must thank them once more, on behalf of the 

 Office-Bearers of the Society, for the honour which they had done in 

 electing them. In many instances there was a great advantage in the 

 re-appointment of those who had familiarized themselves with the 

 working of an institution, and who had proved their willingness to 

 attend the Meetings, and to give their time and interest to the objects 

 of the institution. In some of their Office-Bearers that had evidently 

 been the case ; and he was sure the Society did right in re-electing the 

 Treasurer, who had with so much real devotion to the interests of the 

 Society performed with success during the past year the sometimes 

 unpleasant task of " dunning " Members. It was a very satisfactory 

 thing that they were able to hear in the Report that they need not be 

 returning again persistently to that subject. However he had pleasure 

 in dwelling upon it, as an illustration of the energy and zeal with which 

 their Treasurer discharged the duty of his office. The Honorary 

 Secretaries also were men who had served the Society very creditably. 

 The two who were present, whose interest was unfailing, and whose care 

 of their part of the business of the Society was most thorough and inti- 

 mate, were, he thought, indispensable to the Society ; and not least the 



