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" If the materials collected by our departed fellow Member and 

 friend be at some future time given to the world, your Committee 

 beg to record their opinion that this Society should procure two 

 copies of the work. 



"Another source of regret is to be found in the approaching 

 departure from the Island of our respected President, Sir J. E. 

 Tennent, Ever anxious to promote the interests of the Society, 

 and of science generally, his loss will be felt by all who desire to 

 forward the social and intellectual progress of the Colony. 



Conclusion. 



"In conclusion, your Committee, while thus completing their 

 duties, would express the hope that each succeeding Anniversary 

 may witness that continued and perfect unanimity of purpose 

 amongst the Members of this Society, which alone can lead to 

 real usefulness and permanent prosperity. The work has been but 

 commenced : much has yet to be done ; but looking at the present 

 position of the Society, your Committee are fain to believe that 

 success will attend a continuation of the efforts which have 

 hitherto been made." 



The report was unanimously adopted. 



7. The Treasurer laid on the table his Accounts for the past 

 year, which were received and passed. 



8. The Librarian laid on the table a List of the Books presented 

 to and purchased by the Society during the last year. 



9. After some discussion relative to the correspondence with • 

 the Hongkong Society, the Rev. D, J. Gogerly was requested to 

 communicate with Mr. G-utzlaff in the name of the Society. 



10. The following motion was made by Edgar L. Layard, Esq., 

 and seconded by Major Lushington :— 



a That the Society do record its sense of the loss which this 

 Society, as well as the public, has sustained by the premature 

 death of George Gardner, Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens 

 at Peradeniya, and a Member of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society." — Unanimously agreed to. 



