No. 50.— 1899.] 



PROCEEDINGS. 



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COUNCIL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, September 11, 1899. 



Present : 



Dr. W. G. Vandort in the Chair. 



Mr. F. H. Modder. 



| Mr. F. C. Uoles, Hon. Treasurer. 



Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Council Meeting held on June 

 20, 1899. 



2. Laid on the table Circular No. 60, containing the opinions of 

 Mr. Bell and Dr. Vandort regarding the translation of Valentyn, vol. 

 V., Ceylon. 



Resolved, — That Mr. Donald Ferguson be communicated with in 

 order to ascertain whether he would be willing to undertake the 

 revision and editing of the existing translation. 



3. Laid on the table correspondence forwarded by His Excellency 

 the Lieutenant-Governor regarding the award of a gold medal as an 

 encouragement to Oriental learning to be given under the auspices of 

 the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, and inquiring whether the 

 Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society is disposed to adopt, or 

 suggest, any measure of co-operation. 



Resolved, — That the correspondence be circulated for the opinions 

 of Members of the Council. 



4. Laid on the table letter from the Honorary Secretary (Com- 

 mittee of Control of the Regional Bureau for India and Ceylon) of 

 the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, forwarding a 

 Paper regarding the scheme of the Catalogue, and suggesting that the 

 Paper be published in the Journal, and also that the Society do 

 obtain " primary slips " from the authors of Scientific Papers. 



Resolved, — That the Secretary be informed that the Paper will be 

 published in the Society's Journal, and that the Society will co-operate 

 with the Bureau in obtaining from authors of Papers the necessary 

 slips for the proposed Catalogue. 



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