No. 42.— 1891.] 



PROCEEDINGS. 



109 



Council Meeting. 



Colombo Library, November 12, 1891. 

 Present : 



The Lord Bishop of Colombo, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Henry Bois. 



Mr. W. H. G. Duncan (Hon. 



Treasurer). 

 Mr. W. P. Ranasinha. 



Hon. A. de A. Seneviratna,. 



M.L.C. 



Dr. H. Trimen, M.B., F.L.S. 

 Mr. G. Wall, F.L.S., F.R.A.S., 

 Vice-President. 



Mr. S. W, Senathi Raja, Honorary Secretary. 

 Mr. Gerard A. Joseph, Assistant Secretary. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Meetings of the Council 

 held on May 13, 14, and 29, 1891. 



2. Resolved, — That the following candidates for admis- 

 sion as Resident Members be elected, viz.: — Messrs. John Peter 

 Samarasekara, G. Grenier, Thomas Cook, E. A. Muttu- 

 coomaru, W. H. Dias, A. Visuvalingam, James Lemphers, 

 and Advocate Nagapper. 



3. Laid on the table a letter from the Honorary Secre- 

 taries of the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists 

 to be held in London in 1892, requesting the Society to 

 officially nominate a delegate or delegates to attend that 

 Congress. 



Resolved, — That the further consideration of this question 

 be postponed. 



4. Laid on the table letter No. 113, of September 3, 1891, 

 from the Archaeological Commissioner, annexing copy of a 

 circular drafted by him* and lately issued by the Government 

 relative to the better preservation of objects of archaeo- 

 logical interest. 



5. Read a letter to the Council dated June 16, 1891, from 

 the Royal University Library of Upsala, calling for an 

 exchange of publications. 



Resolved, — That the offer be accepted. 



* See page 29. 



