No, 62.— 1909.] 



PROCEEDINGS, 



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SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. 



The Colombo Museum, September 8, 1909, 

 Present : 



The Hon. Sir Hugh Clifford, K.C.M.G., President, in the Chair. 

 The Hon. Mr. P. Arunachalam, M.A., C.C.S., Vice-President, 



Mr, T. P. Attygalle, Superin- 



tendent of Police. 

 Dr. H. F. Bawa, F.R.C.S. 

 The Hon. Mr. H. L. Crawford, 



C.M.G. 



Mr. E. S. Dasanaike, B.A., 



Barrister-at-Law. 

 Mr. E. B. Denham,B.A., CCS. 

 Mr. D. Devapuraratna, Proctor, 



S.C. 



Ven. F. H. de Winton. 

 Mr. C A. Galpin. 

 Mr. A. H. Gomes. 

 Mudaliyar I. Gunawardana. 

 Mr. E. W. Jay e war dene, Bar 



rister-at-Law. 

 Mr. T. G. Jayewardene, 



A.M.I.M.E. 

 Mr. Alfred Lewis. 



Mr. M. A. C Mohamed. 



Mr. D. Montagu, A.M.I.CE. 



Mr. C Namasivayam, J. P. 



Dr. A. Nell, M.R.C.S. 



Mr. D. C Pedris, Proctor, S.C 



Mr. A. E. Roberts, Proctor. 



Mr. W. A. Samarasingha. 



Dr. V. R. Saravanamuttu. 



Dr. Donald Schokman, F.R.C.S. 



Mr. J. M. Senaviratna. 



Mr. D. R. A. P. Siriwardana, 

 Barrister-at-Law. 



Mr. G. W. Sturgess, M.R.CV.S, 



S. Sumangala Terunnanse. 



Mr. F. A. Tiseverasingha, Advo- 

 cate. 



Mr. F. E. Vaid. 



Mr. Don M. de Z. Wickrema- 

 singhe. 



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

 Visitors : Thirteen ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen. 



Business. 



1. The President in opening the Meeting, said : — Ladies and 

 gentlemen, as the present is a Special Meeting I think we may 

 dispense with the formality of reading and confirming the Minutes 

 of the General Meeting held on August 18, 1909. 



It has often fallen to my lot as President of your Society to have 

 to introduce to you a gentleman whose acquaintance with you is 

 dated by more years than my acquaintance with you unfortunately 

 is dated by months — and often I found the position extremely 

 embarrassing. On the present occasion I find I am in the 



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