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Resolved, — That the letter be referred to the Ceylon Chamber of 

 Mines, and the New South Wales Chamber of Mines be informed 

 accordingly. 



5. Laid on the table a letter from the Chairman of the Medal 

 Committee of the Royal Asiatic Society for the encouragement of 

 Oriental Learning, requesting that an appeal soliciting subscriptions 

 towards the fund be published in the Journal of the Ceylon Branch 

 of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



The Honorary Secretaries stated that an appeal soliciting subscrip- 

 tions towards the fund had been made in the Draft Annual Report for 



6. Laid on the table a letter from Dr. J. Loos, requesting that he 

 be considered a Life Member, in view of his long connection with the 

 Society. 



Resolved, — That the Council regret that the Rules will not permit of 

 Dr. Loos's request being complied with ; and that he be informed that 

 only on payment of Rs. 50 is he eligible for Life Membership. 



7. The Honorary Treasurer laid on the table letters from Mr. 

 - F. Lewis and Dr. P. S. Brito ; the former hoping that a start will be 



made in the way of a connected series of up-to-date Papers on local 

 Fauna and Flora, and the latter tendering his resignation from the 

 Society. 



Resolved,— That Mr. F. Lewis be asked to specify what special kind 

 of Papers on Ceylon Flora (other than the information already 

 eontained in the Society's Transactions and Dr. Trimen's " Flora of 

 Ceylon ") he contemplates. 



8. Read and passed Draft Annual Report for 1899. 



9. Considered the nomination of Office-Bearers for 1900. 



Resolved, — That Mr. F. M. Mackwood's place in the Council be 

 nlled by Mr. S. M. Burrows ; that Messrs. E. S. W. Senathi Raja and 

 J. P. Lewis be deemed to have retired by least attendance under 

 Rule 16 ; and that in their places Messrs. E. E. G-reen and E. Booth be 

 elected, but that in the event of Mr. Booth being elected Honorary 

 Treasurer, Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere's name be substituted. 



Nominated the following Office-Bearers for 1900 : — 



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



1899. 



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

 Mr. F. M. Mackwood. 



Council. 



Mr. S. M. Burrows. 

 Mr. P. Coomaraswamy. 

 Mr. J. Ferguson. 



Mr. C. M. Fernando. 

 Mr. P. Freiidenberg. 

 Mr. E. E. Green. 



Mr. A. Haly. 

 Mr. F. H. Modder. 

 Mr. W. P. Ranasinha. 

 Dr. W. G . Tan Dort. 

 Mr. H. White. 



Honorary Treasurer. — ( Vacant.) 



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

 and Mr. G. A. Joseph. 



