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



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, February 13, 1900, 

 Present : 



The Lord Bishop of Colombo, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. Ferguson. I Mr. P. E. Morgappah. 



Mr. P. Freiidenberg. j Rev. F. H. de Winton, M.A. 



Mr. J. Harward and Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretaries. 

 Visitors : One lady and five gentlemen. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of General Meeting held on July 

 29, 1899. 



2. Announced the election of the following Resident Members 

 since the last General Meeting :— 



(1) A. Chinniah, Veterinary Surgeon. 



(2) R. B. Campbell, Superintendent of Surveys. 



3. Submitted the following Annual Report for 1899. 



ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1899. 



The Council of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 

 have the honour to submit the following Report for the year 1899 : — 



Meetings. 



Three General Meetings of the Society were held during the year, at 

 which the following Papers were read, viz. : — 



(1) " Correspondence relating to the Antiquarian Discovery under 



the site of the old Breakwater Office, Colombo," by Mr. 

 G. A. Joseph. 



(2) " A Letter from the King of Portugal to Raja Sinha II., 



1652," by Mr. D. W. Ferguson. 



(3) " Expedition in 1765 against the Prince of Kandy by Lubbert 



Jan Baron van Eck, Governor of Ceylon (1763.-65)," by 

 Mr. A. E. Buultjens, B.A. Cantab. 



(4) " The Portuguese Inscribed Mural Stone in the Maha Saman 



Dewale at Ratnapura," by Mr. D. W. Ferguson. 



(5) " Alagiyavanna Mohottala, the Author of Kusajataka Kavya- 



ya," by Mr. D. W. Ferguson. 



Interesting discussions followed the reading of the Papers (1) and 

 (3). 



A Paper on "Polyandry in Ceylon," by Mr. R. W. levers, C.C.S., 

 was not read, but is printed in the Journal for 1899. 



