No. 53.— 1902.] 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum , February 26, 1902. 

 Present : 



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

 Vice-Presidents. — Mr. F. M. Mackwood and Mr. J. Ferguson. 



Mr. P. Coomaraswamy. 



Mr. Chapman Dias. 



Mr. A. M. Gunasekera, Mudaliyar. 



Mr. D. B. Jayatilaka, B.A. 



Mr. F. Lewis, F.L.S. 



Mr.F. J. de Mel, B.A., LL.B. 



Sir W. W. Mitchell; K.C.M.G. 



Mr. P. E. Morgappah. 



The Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere. 



Mr. E.W. Perera, Advocate. 



Mr. W. P. Rfinasinha. 



Dr. V. E-. Saravanamuttu. 



Dr. W. A, de Silva, J.P. 



H. Sri Sumangala, High Priest. 



Mr. F. C. Roles, Honorary Treasurer. 

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

 Visitors : Eight ladies and twenty-three gentlemen. 



Business . 



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

 16, 1901. 



2. Announced the election of the following Members since the last 

 General Meeting : — 



Resident.-— Hon. Mr. Everard im Thurn, C.B.. C.M.G., Yice-President, 

 Anthropological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (elected as 

 Member of the R.A.S. of Great Britain and Ireland under Rule 45) ; 

 E. B. Denham, B.A. Oxon, C.C.S.; L. C. J. Doxat, A.M.I.C.E.; C. 

 Jinarajadasa, BA. Cantab.; E. W. Perera, Advocate ; J. C. Willis, 

 MA. Cantab., F.L.S. ; Y. J. Thambipillai ; J. S. Collett ; F. J. de Mel, 

 B.A., LL.B., Advocate ; Sir W. W. Mitchell, K.C.M.G. 



Non-Resident. — J. R. Tosh, Brisbane, Queensland ; Dr. Tha Do Oung, 

 Akyab, Burma ; R. A. Ramupillai, Perak. 



3. Mr. Joseph read the— 



ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901. 



The Council oC the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 

 have the honour to submit the following Report for the year 1901 : — 



Meetings and Papers. 



The only General Meeting held during the year was the Annual 

 General Meeting held on March 16, 1901. Papers which were 

 expected, and which would have provided suitable material for 

 General Meetings of the Society, have not been forthcoming. 



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