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JOUKNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VoL. XXII. 
COUNCIL MEETING. 
Colombo Museum, June 9, 1910. 
Present : 
The Hon. Mr. P. Arunachalam, M.A., C.C.S., Vice-President, 
in the Chair. 
Mr. R. G. Anthonisz. i Mr. R. C. Kailasapillai, Muda- 
Hon. Mr. H. L. Crawford, Hyar. 
C.M.G. 1 Mr. E. W. Perera, Barrister- 
Mr. C. Drieberg, B. A., F.H.A.S. : at-Law. 
Mr. A. M. Gunasekera, Muda- j Mr. P. E. Pieris, M.A., LL.M., 
liyar. 
Mr. D. B. Jayatilaka, B.A. 
CCS. 
Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer. 
Business. 
1. Read and confirmed Minutes of last Council Meeting held 
on March 16, 1910. 
2. The Chairman, before proceeding with the business of the 
Meeting, addressed the Meeting in regard to the death of King 
Edward VII. 
The first business to-day is in connection Mdtli the great and 
sudden calamity which ha;S fallen on us since we last met. In the 
absence of the President, Sir Hugh Clifford, from the Island, it 
falls to me as Vice-President to submit for your acceptance a 
resolution, which I would ask you to pass in solemn silence. 
The loss we deplore is of no ordinary sovereign. In the 
discharge of the duties of his exalted station. His late Majesty 
won the respect, love, and devotion of all his subjects. They 
knew that their welfare was his highest aim, and that for it he 
worked with unceasing toil. Up to his last breath he remained 
steadfast and true to that ideal of service which shone so long 
on his crest as Prince of Wales : Ich dien. His memory will be 
enshrined in the hearts of a grateful people. Well would it be for 
us if we strove, each in his sphere, to keep that ideal before us. 
It was the privilege of this Society to be linked to his gracious 
personality as Patron of our parent Society. His Majesty's lively 
interest in art, science, and literature was well known, and 
was manifested in the active encom^agement and support of 
numerous institutions throughout the Empire for their advance- 
ment. Above all, the British Academy, which he founded, will 
be an enduring testimony to his patronage of literature. By his 
