General Meeting, Oct. Will, 1856. viL 

 Major T. Skinner 

 Colonel Hope . 

 F. Churchill, Esq. 

 Captain Gosset . 

 L. Nell, Esq. . 



H. Ball, Esq. . 



The Rev. 



J. Thurstan 



The Office bearers and Committee, with the Patron and 

 Vice-Patrons of the Society for the current year, commenc- 

 ing from this date, were then nominated and appointed as 

 follows : — 



Patron. 



His Excellency the Governor of Ceylon. 



Vice- Patrons. 



The Hon'ble the Major General. 



Sir William Carpenter Rowe, Chief Justice. 



The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Colombo, 



President. 



The Hon'ble C, J. MacCarthy, Esq. 



Vice-President. 



The Rev. D. J. Gogerly. 



Secretary. 



Dr. Willisford. 



{ Proposed by CP, Layard, Esq. 

 ' i Seconded by R. Dawson, Esq. 



( Pro-posed by C. P. Layard, Esq. 



\ Seconded by R. Dawson, Esq. 



§ Proposed by C. P. Layard, Esq. 



£ Seconded by R. Dawson, Esq. 



j Proposed by C. P. Layard, Esq. 



\ Seconded by R. Dawson, Esq. 



^Proposed by J. Ahvis, Esq. 

 ' \ Seconded by C. A. Lorenz, Esq. 



{Proposed by J. Ahois, Esq. 

 Seconded by R. Dawson, Esq. 

 ^ Proposed by R. Dawson, Esq. 

 ,\ Seconded by C. P. Layard, Esq. 



