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as exist in this Island will be sent, in the hope that they may 

 prove of interest, though not perhaps on account of their costly 

 fabric or rarity of design. 



Your Committee cannot conclude this brief report without 

 noticing the ready liberality of His Excellency the Governor, 

 who has undertaken to defray out of the Colonial Treasury the 

 whole expense attending the collection of such objects as Ceylon 

 can produce adapted to the Exhibition of 1851. 



John Capper, 

 Secretary of Committee. 



Colombo, June 20, 1850. 



The following gentlemen were then balloted for, and declared 

 duly elected Members of the Society : — 



S. Amblawanan, Esq., of Kayts, proposed by E. L.Layard, Esq., 

 seconded by H. Pole, Esq. 



The Rev. J. Robinson, of Batticaloa, proposed by E. L. 

 Layard, Esq., seconded by W. Twynam, Esq. 



T. A. Pieres, Esq., of Kandy, proposed by Dr. Kelaart, 

 seconded by J. B. Misso, Esq. 



C. P. Marcus, Esq., of Kurunegala, proposed by Dr. Kelaart, 

 seconded by Dr. Stuart. 



The following donations, &c, were laid on the table : — 

 Museum. 



Specimen of vegetable flannel from E. L. Layard, Esq. 

 Two earthen coins (?) from N. Sc Guneratna, Esq., of Matale. 

 A collection of specimens illustrative of the geology of 

 Nuwara Eliya, from E. F. Kelaart, Esq., m.d. 



Antiquities. 



A plan of the ruins of Pollanuwara from J. N. Mooyaart, Esq. 



Two inscriptions from stone slabs in the neighbourhood of 

 Puttalam, and a stone inscription from a slab in the Island of Jaffna, 

 from S. C. Chitty, Esq. 



Library. 



Royles' Productive Resources of India. 

 The Calcutta Review for March. 



Journal of Eastern Archipelago, December to February. 

 Journal of Bengal Boyal Asiatic Society, August and 

 September. 



Journal of Statistical Society of London, March. 

 Journal of Geological Society of London, May, 

 Meteorological Register of Colombo, March to May. 

 Meteorological Register of Batticotta, March and April. 

 Meteorological Register of Trincomalee, March and April. 



