APPENDIX. 



Proceedings of the Second Anniversary Meeting of the 

 Asiatic Society of Ceylon, held February 26, 1847, 



H. C. Selby, Esq. in the Chair. 



Resolved. — That G. Ackland, Esq., G. Stewart, Esq., R. B, 

 Tytler, Esq., R. Dawson, Esq. and F. Willisford. Esq. M. D. be 

 admitted Members of this Society. 



Resolved. — That the sixth Rule of the Society be thus amend- 

 ed " That the affairs of the Society shall be managed by a Com- 

 mittee of at least five Members in addition to Office Bearers &c." 



Resolved. — That the Secretary be requested to place the Jour- 

 nals of the Royal Asiatic Society lately received, in the hands 

 of the Binder. 



Resolved. — That the second number of the Journal of this 

 Society be printed, and that the Secretary be directed to make 

 application to Government to have it printed gratuitously as be- 

 fore. 



James Edmond Middle ton, Esq. and J. Scott, Esq. m. d. were 

 proposed as Members. 



The Secretary then read the Report of the Committee of ma- 

 nagement for the past year. 



Report of the Committee of Management for 1847* 



At the close of another year of the Society, your Committee 

 have again to report most favorably of its progress and prospects. 



There appears to be a growing interest in its objects, and an 

 increasing confidence in its stability and usefulness: so that, but 

 for the salutary caution which the history of former literary 

 Societies in the Island is calculated to inspire, the Society might 

 now already be considered to have taken its place as a perma- 

 nent institution. 



During the last twelve months the Society has been deprived 

 of several valuable Members, and in the present condition of the 

 Colony the loss of important assistance by the removal of indi- 

 viduals to England must from time to time be expected. It is 

 matter of congratulation, however, to your Committee to be able 

 simultaneously with the losses which have been sustained, to re- 

 fer to the recent accession of new Members of great promise ; 

 and they hope that as the operations of the Society become 

 known, its power and influence will materially extend. 



In order to give greater publicity to the operations of the So- 

 ciety, and to rally a greater number of supporters around it. your 



