72 JOURNAL, R.A.S, (CEYLON). [YOL XVIII. 
and departing Governor and Director of the Island of Ceylon, 
having justly considered the good and faithful services 
rendered in various capacities to the Honourable Company 
during our eight years' stay in this Island by Philip Philipsz 
Widjeycoon Panditaratne, Maha Mudaliaar and Chief Inter- 
preter of our Gate, we have been thereby moved to show our 
regard to him by confirming and assuring this commemorative 
medal to his descendants. 
Given in the Fort of Colombo on the 7th March, 1751. 
Remarks. — Philip Philipsz was the father of Henricus 
Philipsz, the Predikant. 
42. 
An oval gold medal : — 
{^Ohverse.) 
TER 
GEDAGTENIS VAN 
W EERWAARDE HEER 
GERARDUS POTKEN 
V.D.M. EN ZIJN 
EERW. HUIJSVROUW Z.G. 
SOPHIA MAGDALENA ECOMA 
DOOR ZIJN EERW. GEGEVEN 
AAN DESSELFS KLEIJNDOGTER 
MARIA MAGDALENA POTKEN 
OP HAAR EERSTE VERJAARDAG 
DEN 23 NOVEMBER 
1753. 
{Reverse.) 
Goat of Arms. — Quarterly (1) Muntz ; (2) and (3) Potken ; 
(4) Ecoma. 
Translation. — Given in remembrance of the Rev. Gerardus 
Potken, V.D.M., and his late wife Sophia Magdalena Ecoma, 
by His Reverence to his grand-daughter Maria Magdalena 
Potken on her first birthday, the 23rd November, 1753. 
Remarks, — Maria Magdalena Potken was the daughter of 
Gabriel Willem Potken of Colombo and Henrietta Huberta 
