Committee Meeting, April 30th, 1853. IxiiL 



COMMITTEE MEETING, HELD APRIL 30TH, 1853. 



Present: — Hon'ble Justice Starke, the Rev. Dr. Kessen 5 

 Dr. Lamprey. 



The Secretary laid before the Meeting Mr. Ondaatje's con- 

 tributions and letters, marked A. B. C. D. E. 



Read answer to letter (marked F)., addressed to Messrs. 

 Thacker Spink & Co., Publishers of Calcutta, in reply to 

 the Secretary's letter of the 12th March 1853. 



The Committee recommend that some of the printed Cata-* 

 logues of prices of Books be referred to before deciding on 

 purchasing the book. 



A manuscript copy of the Woods of Ceylon, contributed 

 by Adrian Mendis, was referred to the Woods Committee for 

 their report. 



The date of the Quarterly Meeting was fixed to be held on 

 the 20th May, 1853. 



A, 



Badulla, 13th April, 1853. 



Dear Sir, 



By this day's Tappal 1 send you another quantity of Vegetable fibre^ 

 viz : 



1. Fibre from the Crotalaria juncea, collected at Chilaw. 



2. Do. Calotropis gigantea, collected at Putlam. 



3. Do. Sanseivera Guineensis, collected at Putlam. 



I have directed a copy of my Pamphlet to be sent to you, in which you 

 will find these fibres noticed, 



1 am, &c, 



W. C. Ondaatje, 



B. 



List of Vegetable Products presented to the Ceylon Asiatic Society, from 

 31st March to 13th April, 1853, 



Gum-resin. 



1. — Kino extracted from the Pterocarpus Marsupium, Roxb., at Badulla, 

 - (Vide letter dated 31st March, 1853.) 



YOL, II S * v 



