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



roll : — 7 Honorary Members, 14 Life Members, 215 Ordinary 

 Resident Members, and 1 Ordinary Non-Resident Member. 

 This makes a total of 237 Members, which is without prece- 

 dent since the foundation of the Society in February, 

 1845. 



The number of Life Members and Ordinary Members in 

 1880 was 72 ; in 1888 it had risen to 202 ; in 1889 the number 

 was 211, and in 1890, 237, The Council reports with regret 

 the death of the following Members : — 



C. Chellapapillai, G. F. Jayasooriya, and the Hon. W. H. 

 Ravenscroft, CM.C 



Mr. Ravenscroft was elected a Member in 1879 and Presi- 

 sident in 1881. At the General Meeting held on July 19 

 it was resolved u to place on record the sense of regret 

 of the Meeting at the loss the Society had lately sustained 

 by the death of the Hon. W. H. Ravenscroft, C.M.G., 

 ex-President, who had taken a deep interest in the Society." 



The following Ordinary Members have resigned, viz., 

 William Blair and C. Eardley Wilmot, CCS. 



Twenty-four Ordinary Members have been elected, 

 viz.: — A. E. Buultjens (B. A. Cantab.); W. A. de Silva ; Hilarion 

 Marcus Fernando, M.D., B.SC (London), Fellow of the Univer- 

 sity College, London ; Frank Hudson Modder ; Charles 

 Edward Jayatilleke ; S. D. Maha' walatenne, Ratemahatmaya ; 

 the Hon. M, C. Abdul Rahiman, M.L.C ; Tudor D. N. Rajapakse, 

 Mudaliyar ; J. V. G. A. Jayawardene ; Dullewe Loku Banda, 

 Adigar of Tamankaduwa ; William Chapman Dias Bandara- 

 nayake ; George Ronaleyn Campbell Gordon Cumming ; Don 

 Solomon Dias Bandaranayake ; Peter Manuel Lisboa Pinto, 

 F.E.A., L.M.S. Bombay, F.R.G.S. (Lisbon) ; E. S. W. Senathi Raja, 

 B.A., L.L.B. (Cantab.), M. R.A.S. ; M. Kaviraj Shymaldass, M.R.A.S., 

 &c, Member of the Historical and Archaeological Committee 

 of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Member of the Royal Council 

 of Meywar, Rajaputana [the Non-Resident Member elected 

 in accordance with clause 45 of the Rules] ; Felix Reginald 

 Dias, M.A., l.l.m. ; Francis Crosbie Roles, m.i.j. ; Joseph 

 Saunders Addenbrooke, A.R.I.B.A. ; George Duppa Miller ; 

 K. L. M. Abdul Kerim, Mudaliyar (Governor's Gate) ; William 

 Abraham Ratnayeke ; Percy Edward Radley. 



At the General Meeting in August the Hon. Sir Arthur 

 Hamilton Gordon, G.C.M.G., was elected an Honorary Member 

 in recognition of his distinguished services to the Society. 



Exchange of Publications. 



The exchanges of our publications for those of other Socie- 

 ties are now made on a more organised system. Numerous 



