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as a gift to the Royal Asiatic Society, Colombo, and hope you will 

 have no objection in receiving it to be placed in the Museum; and also 

 beg to state, that I shall be very glad to send in future some other 

 specimens that may be useful for the place . 



I have, &c. 



C. H. De Soysa. 



Resolved. — That the thanks of the Society be communicated to 

 Mr. De Soysa, by the Secretary. 



Committee Meeting, August 15, 1868. 

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



Messrs. C. P. Layard, W. Ferguson, J. D' Alwis, C. O'Halloran, 

 Hugh Nevill, W. Skeen, and Mudaliyar De Zoysa. 



The Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Resolved, That interesting papers be for the future published 

 as they are received and decided^ upon by the Committee on Papers, 

 without waiting for other papers to form a volume : 



That special Curators be appointed from time to time to act in 

 communication with the Curator, for the arrangement and preservation 

 of the different departments of the Society's Museum : 



That Mr. W. Boake's resignation of his office of Curator be 

 accepted ; and that the thanks of the Society be given him for his past 

 services : 



That Mr. Skeen, Assistant Secretary, be requested to act as 

 Curator ; Mr. Skeen having signified his willingness to accept the 

 office. 



The Assistant Secretary reported the proceedings he had taken 

 for re-arranging the Museum. 



A letter was read from Captain Horace A. Broune, of Moulmain, 

 Burmah, requesting the co-operation of the Committee and Members 

 of the Society, in ascertaining whether or not there existed in Ceylon 

 any work in the Pali language, corresponding with the " Manoo-Kyay- 

 Dharma-That," (the Dharnia Sastra of Manoo) ; a judicial work of 



