No. 50.-1899.] PROCEEDINGS. 



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GENERAL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, July 29, 1899. 



Present : 

 Mr. F. M. Mackwood in the Chair. 



Dr. W. A. de Silva. 

 Mr. John Ferguson. 

 Mr. H. T. Gardiner. 

 Mr. P. E. Morgappah. 



Dr. Y. R. Saravanamuttu. 

 H. Sri Sumangala, High 



Priest. 

 Dr. W. G. Yandort. 



Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary. 

 Yisitors : 1 lady and 15 gentlemen. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of General Meeting held on 

 May 19, 1899. 



2. * The Honorary Secretary announced the election of the following 

 Members since the last General Meeting : — 



(a) A. G„ Tambi Nayagam Pillai, Pleader at Criminal Law, 

 &c, and Retired Ministerial Officer of the High Court of 

 Travancore. 



(h) D. B. Jayatilake, B.A., Head Master, Ananda College, 

 Colombo. 



3. The Chairman said there were two Papers to be read that 

 evening. They were indebted to Mr. D. W. Ferguson for both. The 

 first was a very interesting Paper produced by research into old archives. 

 Lately the Society had had several very valuable Papers contributed, 

 which had been brought about by the same cause — the discovery of old 

 mural tablets, stones, and such like : one was found at the root of the 

 Breakwater only the other day, which elicited much information of 

 antiquarian interest. 



4. Mr. Joseph read the following Paper : — 



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