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The Chairman remarked that the Annual Meeting ought 

 to have taken place in January last, but circumstances which 

 Mr. Corbet, the resident Honorary Secretary, could not over- 

 come had prevented it being held then, and from one 

 cause or another it had been delayed until the present time. 



Though late, the Report which had been read referring to 

 the year that was past would have interested them all very 

 much. It at least showed that the Society had extended its 

 operations abroad as well as locally. It showed that there 

 was work going on notwithstanding that during the last few 

 months there had been something like a little stagnation, 

 and that work as recorded in the Report it must be admitted 

 was good work. He had therefore to ask whether the 

 Meeting would adopt the Report. 



The Hon. P. Ramanathan had much pleasure in moving 

 the adoption of the Report. In doing so he could not help 

 congratulating the Society upon the very successful results 

 which it had achieved during the past year. He hoped that 

 in future years the Society would be able to show as much 

 good result as in the past. 



Mr. Bremner seconded, and on the motion being put to 

 the Meeting the Report was unanimously adopted. 



3. Dr. H. M. Fernando moved the election of the follow- 

 ing Office-Bearers for the year : — 



President. — The Right Rev. R. S. Copleston, D.D., Lord 

 Bishop of Colombo. 



Vice-Presidents — Mr. George Wall, F.L.S., F.R.A.S., and 

 Mr. Thomas Berwick. 



Council. — Mr. Henry Bois ; Mr. H. H. Cameron, CCS. ; 

 Colonel the Hon. F. C. H. Clarke, R.A., CM.G, ; Mr. F. H. M. 

 Corbet, M.R.A S. ; Mr. A. M. Ferguson, CM.G. ; Mr. Staniforth 

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

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

 Proctor, Supreme Court ; the Hon. A. de A. Seneviratna, 

 M.L.C ; Dr. Henry Trimen, M.B., F.R.S. 



Honorary Treasurer, — Mr. W. H. G. Duncan. 



Honorary Secretaries —Mr. H. C. P. Bell, CCS., and Mr. 

 E. S. W. Senathi Raja, B.A., ll.b. 



Mr. F. C. ROLES in seconding remarked that he thought the 

 Members should know that the new Members of Council were 

 Mr. Lewis and Mr. Corbet ; the latter's place as Honorary 

 Secretary was taken by Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Raja, B.A., ll.b., 

 m.r.a.s. He must not forestall any possible! vote of thanks 

 that might be passed to Mr. Corbet, but he wished to express 

 his pleasure that Mr, Senathi Raja should have consented to 

 occupy the position of joint Honorary Secretary. 



The Office-Bearers were cordially elected. 



