PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS 



OF THE 



CEYLON ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



GENERAL MEETING. 



HELD 21 ST JUNE, 1862. 



Rev. B. Boake, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary referred to the arrangement for the transfer of the 

 Military Medical Museum to the Society, which had been completed 

 by the Secretary receiving the Museum keys. 



The conditions of the transfer were then read and confirmed; 

 one of these declared that all Military Medical Officers now resident, 

 or who may hereafter reside in Ceylon, be Honorary Members of 

 the Society without entrance fee or subscription. 



The following papers were then submitted to the Meeting: — 



Descriptive notices of the Raw Products of Ceylon by H. Mead. 



The Quassia wood of Ceylon by W. C. Ondaatjie. 



The Medicinal substances of the Native Bazaars by W". Ferguson, 



On the Buddhist Scriptures by J. De Alwis. 



Notes on the rain-fall in Colombo during 6 years accompanied 

 by tables and a diagram by J. Capper. 



General Meeting, March 7 th, 1863. 



Rev. B. Boake, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary reported the progress made in regard to the in* 

 creased accommodation required for the Society's Museum in con- 

 sequence of the amalgamation with it of the Military Medical 

 Museum. 



