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



(9) R. H. Lock, M.A., Assistant } 



Director, Royal Botanic {{a) J. C. Willis. 

 Gardens, Peradeniya : recom- ((b) G. A. Joseph, 

 mended by J 



3. Considered a letter from the Government Printer, with 

 Mr. H. C. P. Bell's comments, regarding Mr. Donald Ferguson's 

 translation of Barros and Do Couto's " History of Ceylon." 



Resolved, — That one thousand copies of the translation be 

 printed, and sold at Rs. 3*50 to non-Members and Rs. 2 to 

 Members. 



4. Laid on the table the Hon. the Colonial Secretary's reply to 

 Honorary Secretary's letter No. 142 of May 5, 1908, and previous 

 correspondence, regarding Wijesinha's translation of the Mahd- 

 wansa. 



Resolved, — That the name of H. Sri Sumangala, High Priest, 

 be added to the list of names in the advisory board already 

 submitted to Government ; that Messrs. P. Arunachalam and 

 Simon de Silva, Mudaliyar, be appointed editors for Ceylon, and 

 Professor T. W. Rhys Davids for Europe ; that the Government be 

 informed that the local editors do not expect any remuneration, 

 but that it will have to be ascertained what Professor Rhys Davids 

 expects to be paid. 



Resolved further, — That, in the event of Mudaliyar Simon de 

 Silva being appointed co-editor for Ceylon, Government be asked 

 to relieve him of the less important work which falls to him in 

 the Colonial Secretary's Office in his capacity as Chief Translator 

 to Government. 



5. Laid on the table correspondence with the Hon. the 

 Colonial Secretary regarding Government aid to the Ceylon Branch 

 of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



Resolved, — That the matter do stand over for future considera- 

 tion. 



6. Resolved, — That the vacancy on the Council caused by the 

 death of Dr. W. H. de Silva be rilled by the appointment of 

 R. C. Kailasa Pillai, Mudaliyar. 



7. Laid on the table list of Members who are in arrears with 

 subscriptions. 



Resolved, — That the names be not now struck off, but 

 considered at another Meeting, after giving due notice to the 

 defaulters. 



8. Considered date and business for next General Meeting. 

 Resolved, — That a Meeting be held on Saturday, July 11, 1908, 



and that Mr. P. E. Pieris' Paper on " Portuguese Ceylon at the 

 beginning of the Seventeenth Century " be read* 



Resolved further, — That two other Papers, viz., " Kandyan 

 Music," by Mr. S. D. Mahawalatenna, and " Sumptuary Laws 

 and Social Etiquette of the Kandyans," by Mr. T. B. Paranatella 

 (if approved as suitable for reading at a Meeting by Mr. H. W. 

 Codrington, to whom they were referred), be read. 



