PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS 



OF THE 



CEYLON ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



EVENING MEETING, 

 HELD ON THE 2D OCTOBER 1856. 



Present : — C. P. Layard, Esq., W. Skeen, Esq,, R. Daw- 

 son, Esq., L. de Zoysa, Esq., Dr. Willisford, Captain Dud- 

 ley, C. Lorenz, Esq., L. Nell, Esq., J, Dalziel, Esq., M. 

 Coomarasamy, Esq., J. Neitner, Esq., Rev C. Alwis, Rev. 

 J. Thurstan and the Assistant Secretary. 



Mr. Layard stated, that the object of the Meeting was to 

 take into consideration the mode in which this Branch of the 

 Asiatic Society could be revived and set in action. The 

 gentlemen present were all aware, that owing to different 

 causes, one of which was the removal from the Island of 

 several gentlemen of known scientific attainments who took 

 an active part in the transactions of the Society, the Insti- 

 tution had been dormant for some time. It was however, 

 thought desirable that an effort should be made to revive it 

 now, and to obtain for it the support of the public ; and it 

 had been intimated to him, that if the Society should suc- 

 ceed in obtaining the support so much desired, it would be 

 in their power to secure the publication of some works of 

 Oriental literature of undoubted importance. Mr. Gogerly, 



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