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jointly with Mr. Alwis, to whom the Society owes consider- 

 able obligation for his present services. 



From other causes also, the Committee anticipate for the 

 fnt? re a more vigorous action in this branch of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society, During the construction of the Railway, and 

 from the contemplated sojourn in the Island of an enlarged 

 Military force, many scientific gentlemen will probably 

 arrive, from whose enlightened research much may be ex- 

 pected, and who will doubtless gladly avail themselves of 

 the facilities afforded by this Society for the prosecution and 

 publication of their investigations. 



From the Treasurer's account it will be perceived, that the 

 income of the Society for the last 14 months has been £47 

 \s. 9d. } exclusive of subscriptions not yet collected. Of the 

 amount already collected, £25 16s. 5d. have been expended, 

 leaving a balance of £21 5s. Ad. in the Treasurer's hands, 

 Against this balance, however, there is a liability of nearly 

 £14, for house rent, for which, as yet, no demand has 

 been made ; and considering that the purchase of several 

 new works on Oriental Literature is thought desirable, the 

 necessity for increased aid in the way of donations and 

 subscriptions is manifest. Indeed, were it not for the libe- 

 rality of the Government in permitting the Journal of the 

 Society to be printed free of expense at the Government 

 Press, the funds of the Society could not have borne the 

 outlay necessary for the publication of its papers. This 

 arrangement, however, while it has had the effect of saving- 

 considerable expenditure, and has enabled the Committee to 

 issue their Journals in a superior style, is yet attended with 

 some inconvenience, which the Committee hope, with the 

 sanction of the Society, they will shortly be able to obviate. 

 The inconvenience alluded to, is the delay, which from the 

 large amount of work required for Government purposes, 

 necessarily demanding the immediate attention of that estab* 



