138 
JOURNAL, R A.S« (CEYLON). [VOL. XVIIl. 
on nection with that Society to understand why they should not have 
not only natural history papers, but also occasionally exhibitions. 
For instance, if Mr. Peiris, having procured it on loan, procured the 
medal for inspection, it would have added greatly to the interest. 
That is a subject they might consider at a next meeting of Council, 
whether they might not have Papers with an exhibition — just a few 
things. He thanked them for the vote of thanks. 
APPENDIX. 
Note by Mr. R. Gt. Anthonisz, Gtovernment Archivist. 
The following facts, bearing on some of the points raised in the 
discussion on Mr. de Yos's Paper, would I think be interesting : — 
1. Robertus Cramer, whose funeral is the first treated of, was 
Dessave of Colombo, an office which corresponded in many respects to 
that of G-overnment Agent of the Western Province, and which carried 
ex'officio membership of the Political Council of Ceylon. The Dessave 
had his offices and establishment at Hulftsdorp, where also a commodious 
residence was provided for him by the Government. Illustrations of 
some of these buildings may be found among the series of Heydt's 
Plates^ recently procured for the Society's Library at the Colombo 
Museum. The long funeral procession must have wended its way 
either along Dam street or San Sebastian and entered the Fort at the 
northern gate, where the present police station stands. The burial, of 
course, took place in the Fort Church, which stood on the site of the 
higher terrace of the present Cordon Gardens. Up to the end of the 
Dutch occupation of Ceylon this continued to be the burial-place of 
the Governors and high officials, although it had been given up as a 
place of worship for many years. Wolfendahl Church, which was 
completed in 1749, was erected in consequence of this old church, 
built by the Portuguese, getting into decay. I find that so early as 
1736 reports were sent to Batavia condemning the building as dangerous 
for use owing to the rotten state of the roof. Old residents, who saw 
the building in the early years of the British occupation, found only 
the walls standing : it was then almost a complete ruin. 
2. The Governors Yan Eck and Falck (accounts of whose funerals 
follow) resided, and probably died, at Government House, which stood 
on the site of St. Peter's Church. I am not sure that the church 
itself is not a part of the original building. At any rate, St. Peter's 
Church is not known to have undergone much alteration in the last 
hundred years. The route taken by the Governors' funeral procession 
is, I think, clearly indicated in the account of Baron van Eck's funeral. ^ 
Leaving the porch in front of St. Peter's Church, a turn was taken to 
the right, in the direction of the " Leyden Bastion," which stood in the 
