be read by the Author, or in his absence by the Secretary, or some 

 Member of the Society. 



15. All papers and other communications to the Society read 

 or submitted at any General Meeting, shall be open to free discus- 

 sion ; and such papers shall be printed in the Transactions of the 

 Society as shall have been approved of by the Committee on Papers. 



16. The course of business at General Meetings shall be as 

 follows : — 



[1.] The Minutes of the last Meeting shall be read by the 

 Secretary, and signed by the Chairman. 



[2.] Reports of Committees shall be read, and communications 

 made of all articles received, and donations to the Society. 



[3.] Any specific or particular business submitted by the 

 Committee, or appointed or open for consideration, shall be 

 proceeded with. 



[4.] Candidates or new Members shall then be proposed, 

 ballotted for, and admitted or otherwise, as the case may be. 



f 5.] Papers and Communications for the Society shall then be 

 read. 



17. Special Committees may be formed for the prosecution of 

 any specific object or matter of research; but these must be named at 

 a General Meeting ; and they will act as much as may be in co-opera- 

 tion with the Secretary of the Society, who will also be a constituent 

 Member of all such Committees. 



18. Every Member of the Society has the privilege of intro- 

 ducing, either personally or by a card, one or two visitors to the 

 General Meetings. 



19. One copy of each Journal shall be sent by the Secretary to 

 every Member who has paid his Subscription for the current year, 

 and to every Honorary member resident in Ceylon, and every such 

 Member may procure a second copy, on application to the Secretary. 



