No. 55. — 1904.] PROCEEDINGS. 
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COUNCIL MEETING. 
Colombo Museum^ May 11, 1904. 
Present : 
Mr. H. White, C.C.S., in the Chair. 
Mr. A. J. Chalmers, M.D., F.R.G.S. 
Mr. A.M. G-unasekara, Mudaliyar. 
Mr. C. Drieberg, B.A., F.H.A.S. Mr.A. Willey, M.A., D.Sc.,F.R.S. 
Mr. R. H. Ferguson, B.A., Honorary Treasurer. 
Mr. J. Harward, M.A., Honorary Secretary. 
Business, 
1. Read and confirmed Minutes of last Council Meeting held on 
February 4, 1904. 
2. Resolved, — The election of following candidates as Members : — 
E. Evans, B.Sc. London : recommended by | ^* ^' j^l^^^^^' 
S. de Silva, Gate Mudaliyar and Chief Trans- j C. M. Fernando, 
lator to Government: recommended by ( G. A, Joseph. 
C. J. M. Gordon, M.A. Glasgow, B.A. Oxon. : f C. M. Fernando, 
recommended by ( G. A. Joseph. 
G. W. Woodhouse, B.A. Cantab., CCS. : | J. W. Vanderstraaten. 
recommended by ( G. A. Joseph. 
T. P. Masilamanipillai : recommended by | j Hazard 
3. Laid on the table Circular No. 19 of 1904 containing the 
opinions of Messrs. H. White and C M. Fernando on the Paper 
entitled Arrack Distillation in the Southern Province," by Mudaliyar 
A. Jayawardana. 
Resolved, — That, in view of the remarks on the Circular by the 
gentlemen to whom the Paper was referred, it be not accepted, but 
that the writer be thanked for forwarding it to the Society. 
4. Laid on the table two letters from Mr. T. B. Pohath Kehelpan- 
nala : one re his father's death and the other forwarding a Paper 
entitled " Errors in Ceylon History." 
Resolved, — That Mr. Pohath Kehelpannala be informed that his 
father's death has already been recorded in the Annual Report for 
1903, and that the Paper be referred to Mudaliyar A. M. Gunasekara 
and Mr. W. P. Ranasi^ha for their opinion. 
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