General Meeting, Feb, 7th, 1852. vii. 



The Meeting then proceeded to the election of Office bear- 

 ers for the ensuing year. 



The following Members were then proposed and duly elected 

 as Office bearers of the Society for 1852. 



Patron. 



His Excellency the Governor. 



President 

 The Hon'ble C. J. MacCarthy, Esq. 

 Vice-President. 

 The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Starke. 



Treasurer, 

 R. Dawson, Esq. 



Secretary. 

 Capt. W. S. F. Neill, r. a. 



COMMITTEE. 



The Hon'ble H. C. Selby,Esq. J. B. Misso, Esq. 

 Lieut. Colonel Wilson, r. a. J. De Alwis, Esq. 

 Eev. Dr. Mac Vicar. J. O'Halloran, Esq. 



Rev. D. J. Gogerly. R. E. Lewis, Esq. 



Rev. Dr. Kessen. 



Mr. Dawson laid before the Meeting a specimen of a 

 mineral, supposed to be gold, which had been assayed by the 

 Madras Mint, and found to be composed of other than the 

 precious metals. Also several specimens of Rock from Alipie 5 

 viz. Graphite Granite, and highly crystalized Dolomite, and 

 a large series of the various woods from the Malabar Coast ; 

 these were the contributions of Mr. Hugh Crawford. Mr. 

 L. De Soyza presented the facsimile of an inscription in a cave 

 Temple at Koratotte in the Hewegam Korle, also some coins 

 and signet balls or lumps of clay, on which an inscription in 

 an unknown character is impressed. 



These donations were accompanied with the following letter. 



