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press in the Government or any other Printing establishment I 

 in Ceylon, that the Society should be in possession of a means | 

 of publishing in their Journal the illustrations already in their i 

 possession, as well as those that may be contributed hereafter, | 

 agree in the recommendation, and instruct the Secretary to 1 

 purchase the Lithographic Press on the most advantageous J 

 terms, and authorize the Treasurer to discharge the amount I 

 accordingly. 



It being stated that some of the proceedings of the past 

 Meetings of the Society, now in the course of publication, were I 

 illustrated with wood-cuts when published in a Newspaper I 

 of the Colony, it was desirable to know whether it would be 

 better to procure the wood-cuts from the Editor on terms, or 

 to engrave them anew, the expense of which might be greater I 

 than the sum asked for. 



It was agreed to leave the matter in the hands of Mr. Skeen, J 

 and authorize the Treasurer to pay the amount specified. 



The Secretary having informed the Meeting of the recent II 

 receipt of a letter marked A. of the proceedings, together with I 

 some books from the Smithsonian Institution of America, it I 

 was agreed to send a complete series of the Society's Journal I 

 in return, to be accompanied with a letter of thanks expressing | 

 the deep interest that the Society entertains for the Institution, | 

 and the anxious wish it has to keep up a correspondence by j 

 an interchange of publications. 



It was agreed to send a series of the Journal to the Editor S 

 of the Journal of the Eastern Archipelago, together with a j 

 letter of thanks for his donations of the Numbers to the 1 

 Society. 



Also, that copies of the Journal should be sent to the Eoyal I 

 Asiatic Society. 



The Secretary having read Mr. Mooyaart's letter, marked B. I 

 of the proceedings, he was requested, in acknowledging its | 

 receipt, to draw his attention to the appointment of the Local j 

 Committees and particularly to the relative paragraph in the I 



