No. 55.— 1904.] 
PROCEEDINGS. 
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COUNCIL MEETING. 
Colombo Museum^ July 6, 1904, 
Present : 
The Hon. Everard im Thurn, M.A., C.B., C.M.G., President, 
in the Chair. 
Mr. A.J. Chalmers, M.D., F.R.C.S. The Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere. 
Mr. C. Drieberg, B.A., F.H.A.S. Mr. H. White, CCS. 
Mr. A. M. Gunasekara, Mudaliyar. Mr. A. Willey , M. A., D. Sc.,F.R.S. 
Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary. 
Business, 
1. Read and confirmed Minutes of last Council Meeting held on 
May 11, 1904. 
2. Resolved, — The election of following candidates as Members : — 
T. P. Attygalle : recommended by . { g; ^ l^.^^t"^^^" 
R. J. Perera : recommended by | j.* Harward!^^" 
3. Laid on the table Circular No. 89 containing the opinions of 
Mudaliyar A. M. Gunasekera and Proctor W. P. Ranasinha on a 
Paper entitled " Errors in Ceylon History," by the late K. A. J. Pohath, 
Mudaliyar, forwarded by his son Mr. T. B. Pohath Kehelpannala. 
Resolved,— That the Paper be returned to Mr. T. B. Pohath Kehel- 
pannala, and he be informed, as it does not go beyond the in- 
troduction, that if a copy of the manuscript, of which the Paper 
appears to be only an introduction, be forwarded, the matter will be 
reconsidered by the Council. 
4. Laid on the table a Paper entitled "Ancient Swords," by Mr. 
C M. Fernando. 
Resolved, — That the Paper be referred to Mr. H. C. P. Bell and 
Mudaliyar A. M. Gunasekara for report. 
5. Laid on the table a Paper entitled " Fran^^ois Caron and the 
French East India Company," by Mr. F. H. de Yos. 
Resolved, — That the Paper be referred to Mr. J. P. Lewis and Dr. 
W. G. Van Dort for report. 
(). Laid on the table a Paper entitled " Alakeswara : His Life and 
Times," by Mr. E. W. Perera, Advocate. 
Resolved, — That the Paper be referred to Mr. W. P. Ranasinha and 
Mudaliyar A. M. Gunasekara for report. 
