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and preserving portraits of all the old Governors of Ceylon, 

 Portuguese, Dutch, and English. There is no such record in the 

 Colony at the present moment. It will require a great deal of 

 work. As regards the Portuguese Governors, the work cannot be 

 entrusted to better hands than that of Mr. P. Pieris. I have to 

 thank him once more for the very valuable Paper read this 

 evening. 



14. The Hon. Mr. A. Kanagasabax proposed a hearty vote 

 of thanks to His Excellency the Governor for having kindly 

 consented to come there that evening and occupy the Chair. 

 Mr. Pieris had remarked upon his having had to sentence to jail, 

 some time ago, a man bearing the name of one of those Portuguese 

 grandees. His Excellency, as they all knew, was interested 

 not only in that Society, but also in the maintenance of the 

 members of great families in Ceylon, and with that object in 

 view had decided to establish agricultural and industrial schools. 

 He hoped that that would be the means of saving those great 

 descendants from wreck and ruin and incarceration. 



15. Dr. A. Wikley seconded the vote of thanks, and this 

 brought the proceedings to a close. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, September 19, 1908. 



Present : 



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



Mr. A. M. Gunasekera, Muda- 



Mr. R. G. Anthonisz, Govern- 

 ment Archivist. 



Mr. P. Arunachalam, M.A., CCS. 



Mr. S. de Silva, Gate Mudaliyar. 



Mr. E. R. Goonaratna, J.P., 

 Gate Mudaliyar. 

 Mr. Gerard A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer 



liyar. 



Mr. R. C Kailasa Pillai, Muda- 

 liyar. 



Mr. P. E. Pieris, M.A., CCS. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of last Council Meeting held 

 on June 20, 1908. 



2. Laid on the table the following list of Members elected by 

 Circular :— 



(1) Edward Carlyle Anderson : J (a) F. Lewis. 



recommended by J (6) G.A.Joseph. 



