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Evening Meeting. 



An Evening meeting was held at Mr. D' Alwis's residence, 

 5, Silversmith Street, on the 28th November; about 30 members and 

 friends were present. 



Numerous interesting articles were exhibited, consisting of Coins, 

 Olas, specimens of Natural History, and works of Art ; and a general 

 conversation took place upon the topics which they gave rise to, 



General Meeting, November 29, 1867. 



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



Messrs. W. Ferguson, F. Mackwood, J. R. Blake, Rev. C. 

 Merson, Mudaliyar De Zoysa, Dr. Ondaatje, and Mr. W. Skeen. 



Minutes of preceding Meetings read and confirmed. 



Mr. C. O'Halioran was appointed Treasurer, in place of Mr, 

 Primrose, resigned. 



The Vice-President and members requested that the Secretary 

 should make inquiries respecting the order for supplying the Society 

 with the Engineer Journal, which was ordered to be discontinued, 

 although no such Minute appears in the Proceedings of the Society. 



Dr. Ondaatje intimated his intention of drawing up a paper upon 

 the comparative differences in the skulls of the African, Northern, and 

 Asiatic races of mankind. 



The Rev. The Vice-President, the Rev. C. Merson, Messrs. F. 

 Mackwood, J. D'Alwis, and the Librarian, were appointed a Committee 

 for the revision and re-arrangement of the Library and the Catalogue. 



Resolved. — That a sum of £10 be voted' towards reprinting the 

 numbers of the Journal which are out of print. 



The following Gentlemen were then elected members of the 

 Society: — 



The Rev. J. Scott, Rev. David De Silva, Messrs. W. H. Herbert, , 

 and H. C. Hancock. 



