No. 42.— 1891.] 



PROCEEDINGS- 



It is matter for sincere congratulation that this important 

 work has been entrusted to so competent an officer as Mr. 

 H. C. P. Bell, c.C.S., and that it is being carried on vigorously 

 and with the care and attention it deserves. 



Dutch Records. 



The Council have learnt with satisfaction that the represen- 

 tations made on behalf of the Society to the Government on 

 the subject of the Dutch Records have led to provision being 

 made in the Supply Bill of 1891 for Rs. 200 for the preserva- 

 tion and translation of these records. 



Journals. 



The following Journals, ably edited by Mr. H. C. P. Bell, 

 Honorary Secretary, were printed at the Government 

 Printing Press and published in 1890 : — 



Vol. IL, No. 5, 1849-50, reprint. 

 Vol. X., Nos. 36 and 37, 1888, 

 Journal Vol. XI., No. 38, 1889, and the Proceedings for 

 1887-8 are going through the press. 



Thanhs. 



The thanks of the Society are due to the Ceylon Govern- 

 ment for allowing your publications to be printed at the 

 Government Press, and to Mr. G. J. A. Skeen, the Government 

 Printer, and his Assistants, for the care bestoived upon the 

 work, and the admirable manner in which it has been done, 

 as well as for their never-failing readiness to serve the 

 Society. 



Prospects for 1891. 



The following Papers have been received : — 



Translation of extracts relating to Ceylon from " De Her- 

 vormde Kerk in Nederlandsch Oost-Indie onder de Oost- 

 Indische Compagnie (1602-1795), door G A, L. van Troos- 

 tenburg de Bruyn" By F. H. de Vos, Esq. 



" Ribeiro's Account of the Siege of Colombo in 1655-56." 

 Translated by Donald W. Ferguson, Esq. 



Mr. Frank H. Modder, the author of the interesting Paper 

 on " The Animal-shaped Rocks of Kurunegala" is engaged 

 in compiling for the Society " A Gazetteer of the Seven 

 Korales," dealing with the ancient and modern divisions 

 of the district, and the villages therein situated ; the 

 rivers, oyas, and elas, and the mountains and hills lying 



