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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VoL. XXII. 
YVER TOT 'S KOMPAGNIES DIENST HY EEN NIE- 
UWE BLYK HEEFT GEGEVEN MET OP ZIG TE 
NEEMEN DE ZORG OVER DE AANPLANTINGEN 
VAN KANNEEL KOFFI EN PEPER IN DE 
VIDAANIEN VAN KALANIE EN AMBATLE 
KOLOMBO BEN 23 AUGUSTUS 
1792. 
Translation. — Given by the Raad-Ordinair and Governor of 
Ceylon, Willem Jacob van de Graaff, to Johannes de Saram 
Wijeyesekere Aberatne, Second Maha Mudaliyar of the Gover- 
nor's Gate, to serve as a token of honour to him and his 
posterity after him and as an acknowledgment of the constant 
fidehty shown by him in his aforesaid office to the Honourable 
Dutch Company, and to conduce to his honour and as a 
reward for the zeal and interest shown by him in the advance- 
ment of cinnamon cultivation, not only in his superintend- 
ence of the clearing and planting of an extensive piece of 
land in Demetegodde, commonly called " The Governor's 
Garden," as also in the clearing and planting with cinnamon 
at his own expense of lands, of which many very good lots 
were given for nothing to the Company, and which were since 
given to the cinnamon peelers, and he having given a fresh 
proof of his zeal in the Company's service by undertaking 
the duty of planting with cinnamon, coffee, and pepper the 
vidane-districts of Kalanie and Ambatle. 
Colombo, August 23, 1792. 
Remarks. — On the reverse two seals, (1) charged with a lion 
rampant carrying in his left paw a sheaf and in his dexter a 
drawn sword, with the motto " Eendracht maakt macht " 
round the border ; (2) charged with a three-masted ship in full 
sail with the words " Vereenigde Nederlandsche Oost-Indische 
Compagnie " round the border. 
This medal is the property of Mr. J. Louis Perera, Proctor, 
Kollupitiya, the great-grandson of the donee. 
Johannes de Saram Wijeyesekere Abeyratne was the son of 
Domingo de Saram Wijeyesekere Abeyratne, Guard Mudaliyar, 
and Dona Catharina Tillekeratne. He married on January 
30, 1774, Francina Perera Samaranaike, and had a daughter, 
