General Meeting, Feb. 1th, 1852. 



of the Society, and His Excellency has expressed his pleasure 

 in accepting the office. 



The contributions to the Society's Library and Museum, 

 since the last Meeting, the Committee regret to say, have 

 not been so large as they would have had pleasure in announc- 

 ing, though all the corresponding Societies in India and 

 England have forwarded copies of their Transactions. The 

 Meeting is aware that the attention of Members was directed 

 to the collection of objects to represent the productions and 

 industry of the country at the Great Exhibition of 1851. To 

 promote this undertaking a Sub-Committee was appointed, 

 whose Report will now be presented to the Society. 



The Society has been duly supplied with the Meteorologi- 

 cal Registers kept at Trincomalie and Batticaloa, to the end 

 of 1850, and very full tables are taken at the Master Attend- 

 ant's Office, Colombo. Owing to circumstances mentioned 

 before, the supply of instruments to out-stations, by which 

 it had been intended to complete the series of observations 

 in the Island, has not received the attention the Committee 

 could wish. 



The Transactions of the Society have been published since 

 your Committee presented their last Report. They have now 

 reached their fifth number, which contains no less than fifteen 

 papers, and on a great variety of subjects entered upon by 

 the Society. 



The Treasurer's accounts, which will be found on the table, 

 shew a balance in favour of the Society of £38 10s. 9d. ; but as 

 your Committee have not had a sufficient opportunity of 

 looking into them, they defer the farther consideration of 

 them till next Quarterly Meeting; and in the mean time, 

 adverting to the great amount of arrears standing, your 

 Committee recommend that instructions be given to the 

 Committee to use their best exertions to prevent the accu- 

 mulation of such in future. 



Your Committee recommend that the Meteorological and 



