PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS 



OF THE 



CEYLON ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING-, 



HELD 7TH FEBRUARY 1852. 



Present: — Eev. Dr. Mac Vicar in the Chair. 



The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Starke, Hon'ble Mr. Selby, 

 Mr. J. De Alwis, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Dalziel, Mr. L. De 

 Soyza, Mr. R. E. Lewis, Rev. Mr. Kats, Rev. Dr. Kessen, 

 Mr. E. L. Layard, Mr. J. O'Halloran, Capt. Jas. Steuart, 

 Rev. D. J. Gogerly, Mr. C. P. Layard. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting having been read and 

 confirmed, the Secretary proceeded to read the following 

 Reports of the respective Committees.] 



Report of the Committee of Management. 



In presenting to the Society an account of their labours 

 since the last General Meeting, your Committee are una- 

 voidably reminded of the loss which the Society has sustained 

 in their late Secretary Mr. John Capper. The difficulty 

 in finding a gentleman with sufficient leisure, with inclination 

 for literary and scientific pursuits, has been much felt in 

 carrying on the business of the Society, since the late Secre- 

 tary's departure, and the Committee take this opportunity 

 of recording their high sense of his usefulness, and their re- 

 gret in losing him. 



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