No. 43.— -1892.] PROCEEDINGS. 



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Council Meeting. 

 Colombo Museum Library, November 4, 1892. 

 Present : 



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



Mr. F. H. M. Corbet. 

 Mr. W. P. Ranasinha. 



The Hon. J. A. Swettenham, 

 C.M.G., Vice-President. 



A. Henderson 



Dr. W. G. Vandort. 



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

 Mr. Gerard A. Joseph, Assistant Secretary. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of Meeting of Council 

 held on March 15, 1892. 



2. The following gentlemen was elected Resident Mem- 

 bers : — 



T R Yatawara \ nominated ) , i S.M. Burrows, CCS. 



B - Yatawara \ seconded j y ( M. S. Crawford, CCS. 

 K. A. J. Pohath, j nominated ) , / F. R. Dias. 

 Mudaliyar | seconded J D * \ G. Wall. 



nominated ) ( G. Wall, 

 seconded ) ^ ( J. H. Renton. 



J. D. Casinader { — d } by j * VffiE^ 



3. The President announced that Mr. W. H. G. Duncan 

 having in June, 1892, resigned his appointment as Honorary 

 Treasurer, in consequence of leaving the Island temporarily, 

 the Council had in July resolved, by Minutes recorded on 

 Circular No. 60 of May 21, 1892, to request Mr. F. H. M. 

 Corbet to accept the office, and that Mr. Corbet had con- 

 sented to act. 



Resolved, — To confirm the appointment, pending the next 

 Annual General Meeting. 



4. The President announced that the Council had 

 resolved, by Minutes recorded on Circular No. 106 of July 

 26, 1892, to request Professor T. W. Rhys Davids to re- 

 present the Society at the Ninth International Congress of 

 Orientalists held in London from September 5 to 12, 1892. 



Resolved, — To confirm the appointment. 



5. Laid on the table letter No. 133 of October 29, 1892, 

 and connected papers, from Mr. H. C. P. Bell, CCS., Archaeo- 

 logical Commissioner, anent the balance of the Anuradha- 

 pura Excavation Fund. 



Resolved, — As time did not permit of going into the 

 question fully that the Papers be circulated. 



