No. 53 



.—1902.] 



PROCEEDINGS. 



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COUNCIL MEETING 



Colombo Museum, December 2, 1902, 

 Present : 



The Hon. Mr. Everard im Thurn, C.B., C.M.G., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. Ferguson, Vice-President. 

 Mr. C. Drieberg, B.A., F.H.A.S. | Mr. P. Freudenberg. 



The Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere. 

 Mr. F. C. Eoles, Honorary Treasurer. 

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



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of last Meeting. 



2. Resolved, — That the following Candidates for admission into, 

 the Society as Resident Members be elected : — 



Dr. A. Willey, Honorary M.A. Cantab., D.Sc. j G. A. Joseph. 

 London, F.R.S. : recommended by \ J. Harward. 



W. F. Gunawardana, Mudaliyar : recommended j S. M. Burrows, 

 by { C. M. Fernando. 



W. Jayawickrama, Proctor : recommended by j ^* jQg^p^°" 



P. C. MacMahon : recommended by j |v 



N. Bonaparte-Wyse : recommended by | j" gv^^^ 1 



T. P. Ponnambalam Pillai : recommended by j ^' ^j']^^ 8 '^' 



3. Laid on the table Circular No. 121, containing the opinions 

 of Messrs. H. C. P. Bell and W. P. Ranasinha on the Paper entitled 

 " Dondra," by Mudaliyar G-. E. Weerakoon. 



Resolved, — That the Paper be not accepted, in view of the remarks 

 on the Circular by the gentlemen tc whom it was referred ; but the 

 writer be thanked for forwarding it to the Society. 



4. Laid on the table Circular No. 122, containing the opinions of 

 Messrs. H. C. P. Bell and C. M. Fernando on the Paper entitled 

 " Two Ola Grants of the 17th Century," by Mr. T. B. Pohath. 



Resolved,- — That the Paper be accepted and read at a General 

 Meeting of the Society, and printed in the Society's Journal. 



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