No. 54. — 1903.] NOTES ON A DUTCH MEDAL. 
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Mr. White said that from the spelling it looked as if " Ceylon " was 
added afterwards. 
The Chairman : How do you suppose Ceylon " would be spelt ? 
Mr. White : " Ceylon " at various periods has had many different 
spellings.""^ 
Votes of Thanks. 
The Ven. the Archdeacon had much pleasure in proposing a cordial 
vote of thanks to the readers of the three Papers they had listened to. 
The first Paper showed a great deal of care in preparation. The second 
Paper might have been more interesting if they had had some more 
extracts. At the same time the Paper was of great interest. He was 
specially interested in the question of the Church in the Fort. He 
believed it was the custom of the Dutch to build a Church within 
the boundaries of their Forts. The third Paper they had the advantage 
of having had before them. It was very interesting to read of the 
curious use of the word " meester," and the question of the date of the 
medal. 
Hon. Mr. Obeyesekere seconded. 
A Useful SuaaESTiON. 
Sir W. Mitchell proposed a vote of thanks to the Hon. the 
Lieutenant-Grovernor for occupying the chair. They had had, he said, 
a very interesting meeting — more interesting than the titles of the 
Papers to be read gave promise of. At the same time he thought — if 
he might be allowed to say so — these meetings might be made still 
more interesting if the Council endeavoured to have Papers read bearing 
on or connected with the natural history, geology, or industrial arts in 
Ceylon. He might be pardoned for making the suggestion when 
moving a vote of thanks to the Hon. the Lieutenant-Governor. 
Mr. H. White had pleasure in seconding the vote of thanks. He 
had known Mr. im Thurn on paper from a very early age. He was one 
of a large family, and had an elder brother at Marlborough School. 
He used to take a great interest in his brother's doings, and especially 
in the school magazine, and he could remember some 35 years back 
Mr. im Thurn appearing in the " Marlburian " as the life and soul of a 
Natural History Society. He (Mr. White) hoped he would be the life 
and soul of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 
The Hon. Mr. im Thurn said he thought Mr. White's last remark 
was in a way a happy one, for it allowed him to say what was in his 
mind to say for some time, and it fell in more or less with what Sir 
W. Mitchell had said. He had never been able during his short 
* All efforts to induce the owner of the medal to permit it to be examined 
by an expert, and photographed, have failed. — B., Hon. Sec. 
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