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Mr. Herbekt White raised an interesting discussion by inquiring 
where the Governor in question was buried.'"' 
Mr. Harward : At the official church in the Fort at the time. 
Mr. White : Are there any remains of his tomb ? It would be 
interesting if Mr. de Yos could give information on that point. 
The LiEUT.-GovERNOR : I should think it is not a very difficult 
thing to discover. He suggested that Mr. Ferguson might know. 
Mr. Ferguson : It would surely be Wolfendahl. From the many 
details given of the procession it is certain it went a long distance. 
The talk of the procession going along the canal and also of its coming 
back across the great plain are all points on which it Vould be interest- 
ing to have information. 
Mr. Harward thought the official residence of the Dutch G-overnors 
of Ceylon at that period was in the Fort and also their official church. 
The procession went probably through two or three streets of the Fort. 
Mr. Perera said he thought the official Dutch church stood on the 
site of the Gordon Gardens. The Dutch Governors were buried there, 
and their remains were carried thence by torch-light to Wolfendahl 
after the British occupation, the old church having come down. 
Dr. WiLLEY asked if there were no tombstones. 
The LiEUT.-GovERNOR : But in this case it is obvious the funeral 
took place in the daytime. 
Mr. Harward : It was three o'clock in the afternoon. 
The LiEUT.-GovERNOR : One point that strikes me is the question 
of the canal. Perhaps I ought not to speak because I know so very 
little of the history of Ceylon ; but in the case of the Dutch city 
I know best, all the streets have canals running down them. Whether 
it refers to that sort of canal I cannot say. Otherwise you would think 
that the funeral procession went a very long distance. 
Mr. Fernando said there were canals such as described by the 
Lieut.-Governor from the corner of the Pettah Main-street the whole 
way to the Pettah station, and the roads on either side were canals. 
It was suggested that Mr. de Vos should throw some light on the 
geographical features of the procession. The discussion then closed. 
5. The following Paper was read by the author 
* Van Eck was buried in Colombo, 1765. (Lap. ZeyL, 28.) 
Falck was buried in Colombo, 1875. (Lap. ZeyL, pp. 30-1.) The tombstones 
are in Wolfendahl church, where they were removed in 1813. See additional 
supplement to Gazette, September 2, 1813. (Lap. Zeyl.)— G-. A. J. 
