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7. Laid on the table ^' A Glossary of Words peculiar to the North- 
western Province," by Major F. H. Modder. 
Resolved, — That the Paper be referred to Mr. J. Harward and the 
Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere for report. 
8. Laid on the table a Paper entitled " A Note on Raja Sinha I.," by 
Mudaliyar W. F. Gunawardhana. 
Resolved, — That the Paper be referred to Mr. W. P. Ranasinha and 
Mudaliyar A. M. Gunasekara for report. 
9. Laid on the table a Paper entitled " Bhumipatre granted to 
Disava of Uva in Saka 1736 ('1814 a.d.'), with Translation and Notes," 
by Mr. T. B. Pohath Kehelpannala. 
Resolved, — That the Paper be referred to Mr. W. P. Ranasinha and 
Mudaliyar A. M. Gunasekara for report. 
10. Considered a proposal from Mr. Frederick Lewis offering to 
write a Paper for the Society to be entitled " A Brief History of Agri- 
culture in Ceylon." 
Resolved, — That the matter stand over for next Meeting. His 
Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor promised, after communication 
with Mr. Lewis, to report more fully in regard to the proposed Paper. 
11. Considered the fixing of date and business for next General 
Meeting. 
Resolved, —That a Meeting be held about the end of August, but 
that the actual date and business be left in the hands of the President 
and the Honorary Secretaries. 
COUNCIL MEETING. 
Golomho Museum^ September i, 1904, 
Present : 
The Hon. Mr. Everard im Thurn, M.A., C.B., C.M.G., 
President^ in the Chair. 
Mr. C. Drieberg, B.A., F.H.A.S. | Mr. A. M. Gunasekara, Mudaliyar. 
Mr. R. H. Ferguson, B.A. | The Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere. 
Mr. A. Willey, M.A., D.Sc, Lon., F.R.S., Honorary Treasurer. 
Mr. J. Harward, M.A., and G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretaries. 
Business, 
1. Read and confirmed Minutes of last Council Meeting held on 
July 6, 1904. 
