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4. Laid on the table Circular No. 92, containing the opinions of 

 the Members of Council on a letter from Raja Sri Surindro M. Tagore, 

 soliciting contributions towards the " Indian Famine Fund." 



Resolved, — That Raja Sri Surindro M. Tagore be thanked for his 

 letter, but that he be informed that the matter is outside the Society's 

 province. 



5. Laid on the table Circular No. 106, containing the opinions of 

 the Lord Bishop of Colombo and Mr. Ranasinha on the Paper entitled, 

 "Which is the Original Language, Pali or Sanskrit?" by A. Jaya- 

 wardana, Mudaliyar. 



Resolved, — That in view of the opinions expressed by the gentlemen 

 to whom the Paper was referred, Jayawardana Mudaliyar be thanked 

 for offering it to the Society, but that he be informed that the Paper 

 is not suited to the purposes of the Society. 



6. Laid on the table a letter from Mr. Don M. de Z. Wickremasinha 

 soliciting subscriptions towards the " Max Miiller Memorial Fund." 



Resolved, — That the matter do stand over for next Meeting. 



7. Read letter from Mr. E. Booth resigning his seat as a Member 

 of Council. 



8. , The Honorary Secretary informed the Council that Mr. F. C. 

 Roles had kindly undertaken the duties of Honorary Treasurer since 

 Mr. H. 0. Barnard's departure for England. 



9. Read and passed draft of the Council's Annual Report for 1900. 



10. Considered the nomination of Office-Bearers for 1901. 



Two Members of the Council retire by seniority and two by reason 

 of least attendance, of whom two are eligible for election. Messrs. 

 C. M. Fernando and A. Haly retire by seniority from the Council ; 

 and Messrs. W. P. Ranasinha, H. White, and F. H. Modder are 

 bracketed together for least attendance. 



Resolved, — That Messrs. A. Haly and C. M. Fernando be re-elected ; 

 and that Messrs. H. White "and F. H. Modder be deemed to have 

 retired from the Council by least attendance ; that in the place of the 

 latter two the Hon. Mr. H. H. Cameron and Mr. C. Drieberg be 

 elected, and that in place of Mr. Booth, resigned, the Hon. Mr. S. C. 



Nominated Omce-Bearers for 1901 : — 



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



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

 and Mr. F. M. Mackwood. 



Honorary Treasurer. — Mr. F. C. Roles. 



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

 and Mr. Gerard A. Joseph. 



Obeyesekere be elected. 



Council. 



Mr. S. M. Burrows. 



The Hon. Mr. H. H. Cameron. 



Mr. P. Coomaraswamy. 



Mr. C. Drieberg. 



Mr. J. Ferguson. 



Mr. C. M. Fernando. 



Mr. P. Freudenberg. 

 Mr. E. E. Green. 



Mr. A. Haly. 



The Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere. 



Mr. W, P. Ranasinha. 

 Dr. W. G. Van Dort. 



