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8. Mr. Harward, referring to the Paper and its subject in a 
general way, drew attention to the interest attaching to the study 
of the Chinese invasions of Ceylon, the tribute paid by Ceylon, and 
the circumstances in which that tribute was terminated. They 
had not had the Chinese point of view developed, except in the 
very brief extracts from the Chinese chronicles given in the first 
volume of Sir Emerson Tennent's History of Ceylon." 
9. Mr. Perera, in reply, said that the chief bone of contention 
seemed to be that he should have charged a hierarch of the Buddhist 
church with murder. That was no reflection on the faith. It 
had happened before that a monk had killed a man, and it might 
happen again. A cowl did not always make a monk. * 
10. The Chairman, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Perera, 
said it was Papers of that kind which really illustrated the value of 
a Society such as that to which they belonged ; because it brought 
into the light of day obscure alleys in the history of the country 
in which they were all living, and called forth discussions such as 
those to which they had listened that evening. Far be it from 
him to attempt to adjudicate upon the various points raised. 
Whether the king, whose history they had just listened to, was 
himself or was not himself was a point upon which none of 
them, he felt sure, at a moment's notice would like to pronounce, 
after the authoritative declaration that he was not himself which 
they had received from Mudaiiyar Gunawardana. He felt sure 
that later they would receive from the same quarter a justification 
of that belief, if only in the form of a Note that might be appended 
to some issue of the Journal. 
The vote of thanks was carried cordially. 
11. Mr. J. Harward read the Annual Report of the Council 
f or 1909:— 
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1909. 
The Council of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 
have the honour to submit their Report for 1909. 
Meetings and Papers. 
Five General Meetings of this Society have been held during the 
year, at which the following Papers were read and discussed: 
(1) "Letters from Rajasinha II. to the Dutch," by Mr. 
Donald Ferguson. 
(2) " Jnana Vasishtam," by the Hon. Mr. P. Arunachalam, 
M.A., CCS. 
/ (3) " Notes on Delft," by the Hon. Mr. J. P. Lewis, M A 
CCS. 
(4) " The Dutch Embassy to Kandy in 1731-32," by Mr P E 
Pieris, M.A., LL.M., CCS. 
* Mr. Perera subsequently replied to certain other criticisms in a 
Memorandum. See Appendix H. — B., Ed. Sec. 
