Committee Meeting, Jane 3d, 1854, ciil 



Moved by Mr. De Zoyza, and seconded by the Assistant 

 Secretary. 



" That the thanks of this Society be presented to Mr. 

 Dawson for his kind and valuable services as their Treasurer." 



Moved by Mr. Dawson, and seconded by Mr. Coomarasamy. 



" That Mr. Skeen be requested to act as the Treasurer of 

 this Society." 



Mr. Skeen having intimated his willingness to undertake 

 the duties of Treasurer, the accounts, papers^ &c, were 

 handed over to him by Mr. Dawson. 



Bead the following correspondence : 



Colonial Secretary's Office, 



Colombo, 13th February, 1854, 



Sir, 



I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to transmit to you 

 a copy of the Official Catalogue, the Jury Reports, the Reports of the 

 Commissioners, and a case containing the Prize Medals of the Exhibition 

 of 1851, the same having been presented to the Island of Ceylon by Her 

 Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851. 



His Excellency sends the work to the Asiatic Society as the most 

 public body connected with literature in the Colony. 



I have &c, 



P. W. BSAYBEOOKE. 



The Secretary of the 



Ceylon Branch Royal Asiatic Society, 



Ceylon Branch Uoyal Asiatic Society, 



Colombo, 14th February, 1854. 



$IH 9 



In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 18th instant, 

 communicating His Excellency the Governor's decision to transmit to 

 the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society the Jury Reports, the 

 Prize Medals of the Exhibition of 1851, &c. I have the honor to request 

 you will direct that the same may be sent to me, and to state for the in- 

 formation of His Excellency the Governor that they will be open for 

 public inspection at the Society's Rooms p from 1 1 a. to. till 3 p. m. on 



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