Rules and Regulations of the Society. 



[Mem. — The Asiatic Society of Ceylon was instituted 7th February, 

 1845 ; and by the unanimous vote of a Special General Meeting 

 of the Royal Asiatic Society, held on the 7th February 1846, 

 it was declared a Branch of that Society, under the designation 

 of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.] 



L The design of the Society is to institute and promote 

 inquiries into the History, Religion, Literature, Arts and Social Con- 

 dition of the present and former inhabitants of this Island, with its 

 Geology and Mineralogy, its Climate and Meteorology, its Botany 

 and Zoology. 



2. The Society shall consist of resident or ordinary, honorary, 

 and corresponding Members ; all elected by ballot at some General 

 Meeting of the Society. 



3. Members residing in any part of Ceylon are considered 

 resident. 



4. Persons who contribute to the objects of the Society in an 

 eminent and distinguished manner, are eligible as Honorary Member's. 



5. Persons residing at a distance from Colombo may, upon 

 special grounds, and with the recommendation of the Committee, 

 be elected Corresponding members. 



6. Honorary and Corresponding members shall not be subject 

 to any fee on entrance, or any annual contribution, and are to be 

 admitted to the meetings of the Society, and to the privilege of the 

 Library, but are not to vote at meetings, or be elected to any of its 

 offices, or take any part in its private business. 



7. All Military Medical Officers resident, or who may reside, 

 in Ceylon, are. Honorary Members of the Society without entrance fee 

 or Subscription. 



