General Meeting, March 5th, 1853. lv. 



Jaffna Committee. 

 J. N. Mooyaart, Esq. Chairman, 



E. S. Whitehouse, Esq., and H. F. Muttukistna, Esq., with 

 power to add to their number ; being always ordinary Mem- 

 bers of the Society. 



The "Woods Committee. 



The Kev. C. Alwis, and Dr. Misso ; with power to add to 

 their number. 



The following Gentlemen were then proposed and elected 

 members of the Society :— 



Major Cole, 15th Regiment. 1 Proposed by R. Dawson, Esq. 

 Percy Alvin, Esq. . / Seconded by Dr. Lamprey. 



Lieut. Philpotts. . . f Proposed by Dr. Lamprey. 



1 Seconded by R. Dawson, Esq, 



Mr. Dawson drew the attention of the Meeting to the 

 Society's J ournal for the past year, which was laid on the 

 Table, and stated that its curtailed form was owing to the 

 proofs of some of the papers which were intended for publi- 

 cation not being as yet sufficiently corrected for the Press, 

 and that consequently, a considerable portion remained in 

 the hands of the Printer. Under existing circumstances, it 

 was deemed better to issue the J ournal in its present incom- 

 plete condition rather than entail further delay. The remain- 

 der, as soon as it will be printed olf, may either be issued 

 immediately or kept back and bound up in the forthcoming 

 number ; in either case the numbering of the pages will be 

 continuous with the portion now laid on the table. This delay 

 wasmore to be regretted, as it prevents the immediate appear- 

 ance of several interesting papers, which, together with those 

 of Mr. Gogerly and Mr. Brodie, would have made the vo- 

 lume of 1853, a very interesting and valuable number. Mr. 

 Dawson concluded by stating that in conformity with the 



