JOURNAL 



or THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 

 CEYLON BRANCH, 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, February 25, 1901. 



Present : 



Mr. J. Ferguson, in the Chair. 



Mr. F. C. Roles, Honorary Treasurer. 



Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Council Meeting held on 

 September 26, 1900. 



2. Resolved, — That this Council desires to place on record in the 

 Minutes of the Council of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society its sense of grief in the loss this Colony and the Empire have 

 sustained by the death of Her Majesty Yictoria, Queen-Empress, of 

 gracious memory. 



The Council desires to offer (on behalf of the Society) its loyal 

 sympathy to His Majesty King Edward VII. and the Members of the 

 Royal Family on the bereavement which has befallen them. 



3. Resolved, — That the following new Members be elected : — 



n«r T7- t> v, a a i f 0. Collett, F.R.M.S. 



M. K. Bamber : recommended by j j FerguS( J n> 



A. W. Andree : recommended by | q.' a* Joseph 



i Prof. T. W. Rhys Davids, 

 W. E. Byles : recommended by | g. A Joseph. 



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