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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 

 CEYLON BRANCH. 



Founded as the Asiatic Society of Ceylon, 

 February 7, 1845 ; Incorporated with the Royal 

 Asiatic Society op Great Britain and 

 Ireland, February 7, 1846. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



The Society and its Members. 



1. The design of the Society is to institute and promote 

 inquiries into the history, religions, languages, literature, 

 arts, and social condition of the present and former inhabi- 

 tants of the Island of Ceylon, with its geology and mine- 

 ralogy, its climate and meteorology, its botany and zoology. 



2. The Society shall consist of Ordinary Members and 

 Honorary Members, who may be either resident or non- 

 resident. 



3. Members residing in Ceylon shall be considered 

 resident : Members who do not reside in the Island, or who 

 may be absent from it for a year or upwards, shall be 

 considered non-resident, 



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