General Meeting, March 5th, 1853. liii. 



mittee were disappointed, and even now there are several 

 pages in print, which, as they require revision, have been 

 postponed. As however, it has been considered desirable to 

 have some part at least in the hands of the Members, your 

 Committee have required its appearance in its present limited 

 form, rather than consent to the publication being longer de- 

 layed. Your Committee are happy to say no inconvenience in 

 binding up the Volume will thence arise; as by the arrangement 

 now adopted the paging will be continuous from the commence- 

 ment of the volume to its termination, whatever may be the 

 number of parts of which it is composed, or the times of their 

 publication." 



The Treasurer read the following statement 



Treasurer's Statement. 

 The accounts for the last year are closed, and shew the receipts to the 

 31st December, to be 



From the ex-Treasurer £32 3 1 



From Government on account of 



the Great Exhibition 6 7 8 



Collections during the year 108 16 0 



£147 6 9 



Expenditure during the year 58 14 6 



Balance on 31st December 1852... £88 12 3 



The funds in hand at the end of the year exceed the expenditure during 

 the period the present Treasurer has been in office by £29. 17s. 9d. 



The number of Members on the list on 1st January 1853 is seventy -nine ? 

 whose subscriptions are now due ; and in addition arrears to the amount 

 of upwards of £50 are yet expected to be collected. Should these arrears 

 be all got in, and no loss experienced in the current year's collections, the 

 amount available for expenditure during the year will be £221. lis. 3d. 



Robert Dawson, 



Colombo, 6th March, 1853. Treasurer, R. A. S. C. B. 



Two receipts enclosed, Nos. 100 and 182, being for the subscriptions of 

 H. Mooyaart, Esq., and J. N. Mooyaart, Esq., are stated to have ben paid 

 to the Provincial Committee at Jaffna, amount £2. 12*. 6c?. 



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