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5. Resolved to nominate the following Council: — Mr. 

 H. Bois ; Mr. H. H. Cameron ; Colonel the Hon. F. C. H. 

 Clarke, R.A., C.M.G. ; Mr. A. M. Ferguson, C.M.G. ; Mr. S. 

 Green ; Mr. J. P. Lewis, CCS. ; the Hon. T. B. Panabokke, 

 M.L.C. ; the Hon. P. Ramanathan, CM.G., M.L.C ; Mr. W. P. 

 Ranasinha ; Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Raja, M.R.A.S., &c. ; the 

 Hon. A°. de A. Seneviratna, M.L.C ; Dr. H. Trimen, M.B., F.L.S. 



6. Moved by Mr. Ramanathan, seconded by Mr. Senevi- 

 ratna, and carried, that Mr. W. H. G. Duncan be nominated 



Honorary Treasurer. 



7. It being proposed that Messrs. H. C. P. Bell and F, H. 

 M. Corbet be nominated Honorary Secretaries, the latter 

 stated that he could not undertake the duties of Honorary 

 Secretary in 1891, as he was about to leave Ceylon on a visit 

 to Europe, and that he would not ask any one to act for him. 



Resolved that Messrs. H. C. P. Bell, CCS., and J. P.Lewis, 

 CCS., be nominated Honorary Secretaries, Mr. Lewis's seat 

 as a Member of the Council not being filled up, pending the 

 Meeting of the Council on May 14. 



8. Considered applications received from the following- 

 candidates, and resolved that they be elected Ordinary Resi- 

 dent Members of the Society, viz. : — 



Messrs. Jeronis William Charles de Soysa ; Alfred Joseph 

 Richard de Soysa ; Charles Edgar Henry Corea ; Walter 

 Pereira, Advocate, Supreme Court ; James Walter Senevi- 

 ratna ; Abraham Mendis Gunasekara, Mudaliyar ; and Mr. 

 Hugh Fraser. 



9. Considered an application from the following candi- 

 date, and resolved that he be elected an Ordinary N on- 

 Resident Member of the Society, viz. : — 



Pandit Gopi Nath, of Lahore. 



10. The Honorary Secretary submitted a Report dated 

 February 19, 1891, which had been circulated, addressed to 

 the Council by the Honorary Treasurer and Honorary 

 Secretaries, embodying their views regarding the best means 

 of expediting the publication of the Papers read before the 

 Society. 



Circular. 



Colombo, February 24, 189L 

 To the Council of the Asiatic Society of Ceylon and Ceylon 

 Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 

 I have the honour to circulate a report by the Honorary Treasurer 

 and Honorary Secretaries regarding the Journal and Proceedings. 



F. H. M. Corbet, 

 Honorary Secretary. 



