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opinion they were sufficient to hold the Society's Museum 

 and Library. If however, they were deemed insufficient to 

 hold the Society's General Meetings, he had no doubt that 

 the Chamber of Commerce would, on such occasions, gladly 

 accommodate the Society within their Rooms. Resolved, 

 that the rooms engaged by Mr. Dawson be rented on behalf 

 of the Society at £1 per month, commencing from the 1st 

 November next. 



The Assistant Secietary laid before the Meeting a Memo- 

 randum in which the Committee of 1854 resolved to dis- 

 continue the services of the Society's Taxidermist, and to 

 appoint a peon at a salary of £l per month, stating at the 

 same time, that the Society had no peon at present, and 

 that it would be desirable to engage one, especially to take 

 charge of the Society's new rooms. 



Mr. Skeen drew the attention of the Meeting to the state 

 of the Society's finances, and laid on the Table the accounts, 

 shewing a balance in favour of the Society, of £8 7s. 3d. 



Read a letter from the Secretary of the Auckland Museum 

 to Mr. Dawson, requesting that that gentleman would use 

 his influence with the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society, to forward to the Institution first mentioned, some 

 of the productions of this Island. 



Resolved, on the suggestion of Captain Dudley, that a letter 

 be written to Colonel Hope, requesting that he would be 

 pleased to communicate to this Society the result of his 

 Meteorological observations. 



The following Gentlemen were then proposed and elected 

 Members of the Society. 



J. Bailey, Esq. . S Pr0 P^ ^ S. Datoson , Esq. 



{ Seconded hy C. P. Layard, Esq. 



J. Neitner, Esq. i f Dr.WWsflrd. 



£ seconded by R, Dawson, Esq. 



