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



COUNCIL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, March 10, 1908. 

 Present : 



The Hon. Mr. J. Ferguson, C.M.G. , President, in the Chair. 

 Mr. P. Freudenberg, J. P., Vice-President. 



Mr. R. G. Anthonisz. I Mr. A. M. Gunasekera, Muda- 

 Mr. P. Arunachalam, M.A., liyar. 



C.C.S. I Mr. P. E. Pieris, M.A., CCS. 



Mr. S. de Silva, Gate Mudaliyar. ) 



Mr. J. Harward, M.A., Honorary Secretary. 



Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of last Council Meeting held 

 on January 31, 1908. 



2. Read and passed the Draft Annual Report for 1907. 



3. Considered the nomination of Office-Bearers for 1908. 

 Under Rule 16 Messrs. C. M.Fernando and A. M. Gunasekera, 



Mudaliyar, retire by seniority, and Dr. A. J. Chalmers and the 

 Hon. Mr. G. M. Fowler by reason of least attendance, two of these 

 gentlemen being eligible for re-election. 



Resolved, — That Messrs. C. M. Fernando and A. M. Gunasekera, 

 Mudaliyar, be re-elected, and that Dr. A. J. Chalmers and the 

 Hon. Mr. G. M. Fowler be deemed to have retired by least attend- 

 ance, and the vacancies in the Council be filled by the appointment 

 of Messrs. J. Parsons, B.Sc, and H. W. Codrington, B.A., CCS. 



Mr. P. Arunachalam, M.A., CCS., having been appointed a 

 Vice-President of the Society, his place in the Council was filled 

 by the appointment of Mr. E. R. Goonaratna, Gate Mudaliyar. 



4. Laid on the table the Hon. the Colonial Secretary's letter 

 No. 2,635 of February 17, 1908, notifying that the question 

 of providing the Government Printing Office with diacritical type 

 at a cost of Rs. 2,400 will be considered in connection with the 

 Supply Bill of 1909. 



5. Laid on the table the Hon. the Colonial Secretary's reply, 

 dated February 17, 1908, regarding the reprinting of L. C.Wijesinha 

 Mudaliyar's translation of the " Mahawansa." 



Resolved, — That a Sub-Committee consisting of Messrs. P. 

 Arunachalam, J. Harward, and S. de Silva, Mudaliyar, be 

 appointed to advise the Council regarding the reply on the 

 subject. 



6. Resolved, — That the consideration of the remaining portion 

 of business in the Agenda be postponed for want of time. 



