No. 4.— 1848.] 



APPENDIX. 



107 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Anniversary Meeting. — Mahch 31, 1849. 

 Present : 



The Rev. D. J. Gogerly in the Chair. 



G-. Muttukistna, Esq. 



J. Dickson, Esq. 



Major Lushington. 



R. E. Lewis, Esq. 



C. J. E. Middleton, Esq. 



E. Muttukistna, Esq. 

 Dr. Willisford. 

 Dr. Misso. 

 The Hon. Treasurer. 

 The Hon. Secretary. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of last Meeting, 



2. The following gentlemen were then balloted for and 

 elected Members of the Society : — 



Dr. Rudolph Gygax, proposed by R. E. Lewis, Esq., seconded 

 by J. Capper, Esq. ; B. Dodsworth, Esq., proposed by J. Capper, 

 Esq., seconded by J. E. Middleton, Esq. ; James Alwis, Esq., 

 proposed by Dr. Misso, seconded by E. L. Layard, Esq. 



3. The Papers read at the previous Meeting were laid on the 

 table in the usual course. 



Resolved, — That they be printed in the Society's Journal, 



The Museum. 

 Geology. 



4. Dr. Gygax submitted, through the Librarian, the plan of a 

 case for the reception of the Society's Minerals, &c. 



Resolved, — That a sum not exceeding £9 be appropriated for 

 the purchase of a case of the description given by Dr. Gygax. 



5. The following donations to the Museum were then laid on 

 the table : — 



Natural History. 

 Specimens of Sea Shells, Cyprceidoe- Solar ium-F erspectivum, 

 &c, from J. Memiies Muhandiram. Not in good preservation. 

 Specimens of the Silk and Cocoons of the Bombyx mori. 



