No. 11.— 1858-9.] proceedings, 1858. 



in 



The Hon'ble C. Temple, Esq. 



The following Gentlemen were then proposed and seconded, as 

 under, and. having been balloted for, were duly elected Members, 

 viz : — 



f Proposed by The Hon'ble the 

 1 Chief Justice. 

 I Seconded by M. Coomarasamy,Esq. 

 |" Proposed by The Hon'ble the 



\ Sec : 

 W. Denis B. Harrison, Esq.,f Proposed by C. P. Layard, Esq. 



*"l Seconded by J. Capper, Esq. 



J. P. Green, Esq f Pro P osed by J - tapper, Esq. 



\ Seconded by J. Maitland, Esq. 



„ r „ -c, f Proposed by J. Alwis, Esq. 



W. Ierguson, Esq. ... 1 J ' 1 



1 Seconded by J. Capper, Esq. 

 The Secretary then placed before the Meeting the following 

 Papers : — 



"Descriptions of additional species of Molluscs, Sea Anemones, 

 &c," by E. F. Kelaart, Esq., M. D. 



"The Scripture Botany of Ceylon," by Win. Ferguson, Esq. 

 " On Sinhalese Rhetoric," by J. de Alwis, Esq. 

 " A Statistical Enquiry into the state of Crime in Ceylon," Part I., 

 by John Capper, Esq. 



GENERAL MEETING, 

 December 18th, 1858. 



Dr. Misso. 



M. COOMARASAMY, Esq. 



J. Capper, Esq. 



Present 



Sir W. C RoWE. 

 Rev. B. Boake. 

 Wm. Ferguson, Esq. 

 C. pTlayard, Esq. 



The Secretary laid on the Table the following Books, receive I 

 since the last Meeting : — 



Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 5 Vols. 

 Calcutta Review, 1 Vol. 

 Engineer's Journal, 6 Nos. 

 Oriental Interpreter, i Voh 



It was stated) that a reprint of the first Volume of the Society's 

 Journal was now completed, and would be ready for distribution 



