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Council Meeting : February 11, 1903 ... ... 1 
Annual €^enei*al Meetingr : March 9, 1903 ... 3 
Annual Report for 1902 ... ... ... 3 
Archaeological Survey, 1902, Synopsis of Work done by the 5 
Office-Bearers for 1903, election of ... ... 8 
Papers read : — 
Two Ola Grants of the Seventeenth Century,'' by T. 
B. POHATH ... ... 10 
" An account of King Kirti Siri's Embassy to Siam in 
1672 Saka (1750 a.d.)," translated from the Sinhalese 
by P. E. PiERis, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, CCS. ... 17 
Council Meeting : June 22, 1903 ... ... 48 
Memorandum by Mr. R. Gr. Anthonisz, G-overnment Ar- 
chivist, regarding a Stone Slab at Elie House, Mutwal... 49 
Paper not read : — 
" Second Supplementary Paper on the Monumental 
Remains of the Dutch East India Company of 
Ceylon," by F. H. de Vos, Barrister-at-Law, and 
Member of the Society of Dutch Literature, &c., of 
Lyden ... ... ... 51 
General Meeting : August 1, 1903 ... ... 89 
Papers read : — 
" Dramatic Poetry and the Literature of the Sinhalese," 
by W. Arthur de Silva, J.P. ... ... 90 
" Three Funerals of Ceylon Dutch Officials in the Eigh- 
teenth Century," translated from the Dutch and 
annotated by F. H. de Yos, Barrister-at-Law, and 
Member of the Society of Dutch Literature, &c., of 
Lyden ... ... ... 100 
Notes on a Dutch Medal," by P. E. Pieris, M.A., 
Barrister-at-Law, CCS. ... ... 130 
Note by Mr. R. G. Anthonisz, Government Archivist, 
on Mr. DE Vos's Paper ... ... 138 
Remarks by Mr. D. B. Jayatilaka on Mr. W. A. de 
Silva's Paper ... ... ... 139 
Council Meeting: October 8, 1903 ... ... 141 
ERRATA. 
Page 16, footnote, read : " The Archaeological Commissioner 
examined both these sannas carefully, and held that dated Saka 1567 
to be undoubtedly genuine." 
Page 129, footnote, for " 1875 " read " 1785." 
