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Rules of the Society, which entitled ordinary members to 

 two copies of the Society's Journal, the Members present 

 would receive each two copies of the part now published and 

 laid on the Table. 



It was then proposed by Dr. Lamprey and seconded by Mr. 

 Comarasamy, That a vote of special thanks be given to Mr. 

 Ondaatje for his extremely interesting contributions to the 

 Society, and that he be requested to give an account of the 

 mode of preparing the several products he has contributed, 

 and also what medical or other properties those products are 

 commonly supposed to be possessed of, by the Singhalese ; 

 and further, that he be requested to continue to devote him- 

 self to researches in the Vegetable Products of Ceylon. 



It was also proposed by Dr. Lamprey and seconded by 

 Mr. Dawson, That examples of as many of the Vegetable 

 products of Ceylon as can be procurable, and which are not 

 generally known, be sent to some eminent Professors of 

 Materia Medica and Chemistry in Europe, for their analysis 

 and examination, as the best means of ascertaining and 

 making known their utility. 



Dr. Lamprey then stated, that before separating he wished 

 to say a few words to the Meeting about a move that has 

 already been in contemplation, and which has been alluded 

 to in the able Report just read, namely, the establishing the 

 Society in some building more appropriate to their Meetings, 

 Museum and Library, than the limited space they now oc- 

 cupy ; but being unprepared with a specific plan and estimate 

 of a building, which he, Dr. Lamprey, was in hopes to have laid 

 before the present Meeting, he must only defer it to another 

 occasion ; in the mean time, the matter would receive every 

 assistance from Lieut. Schaw of the Royal Engineers, and 

 he doubted not but that for a few hundred pounds very con- 

 venient and suitable rooms could be erected. It was consi- 

 dered that this sum could be raised by uniting the funds of 



