iv. 



PROCEEDINGS OP MEETINGS. 



Papers were then read — On the origin of the Sinhalese lan- 

 guage, Part II. by J. De Alwis, Esq. 

 On Taxidermy by W. H. Harrison, Esq. 



Papers relating to the surrender of the Dutch Forts to the Bri- 

 tish from the Dutch records by Mr. W. Gonetilleke. 



General Meeting, Saturday, May 13th, 1865. 



The Eev. B. Boake, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a report setting forth the absence of any 

 fresh papers for reading, and the state of the Society's funds. The 

 Governor had declined to give the sum of £50 in addition to 

 withholding the vote for adding to the accommodation of the building 

 to enable it to receive the articles from the Military Medical Museum. 



Subscriptions for the current year had not been collected, as it 

 was not clear that it was desirable to ask for them, as no business 

 had been transacted. 



At the conclusion of the report Mr. Capper expressed his wish 

 to resign the Office of Secretary, it was resolved accordingly, that 

 Mr. Steward be appointed Secretary, and that the thanks of the 

 Society be given to Mr. Capper for his services during the long 

 time he had acted as Secretary. It was also resolved " that a de- 

 putation should wait upon the Governor shortly after his arrival 

 in Colombo, to request His Excellency to become the Patron of the 

 Society, and at the same time to urge its claims to a small grant 

 from the Public funds, and that the deputation should consist of Sir 

 Edward Creasy, Mr. Layard, Mr. Wall, Mr. Lorensz, Mr. Capper 

 and the Secretary." 



General Meeting, November 2nd, 1865. 



Present: — The Chief Justice Sir Edward Creasy, in the Chair. 



The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Temple, Eev. B, Boake, Rev. J. 

 Nicholson, Messrs. J. A. Caley, C. A. Lorensz, R. Dawson, J. P. 

 Green, W. C. Ondaatjie, W. Ferguson, L. De Zoysa, G. S. Steward. 



