CHARTER 



INCORPORATION 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 



OP 



GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



George the Fourth, by the Grace of God of the United King- 

 dom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith : To 

 all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. 



Whereas our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Councillor, 

 Charles IVatkin IVilUums JVynn, and others of our loving 

 subjects, have under our Royal Patronage formed themselves 

 into a Society for the investigation of subjects, connected 

 with, and for the encouragement of Science, Literature, and 

 the Arts, in relation to Asia, called " Tlie Boijnl Asiatic So- 

 ciety of Great Britain and Ireland;" and Ave have been be- 

 sought to grant to them, and to those who shall hereafter become 

 members of the same Society, our Royal Charter of In- 

 corporation, for the purposes aforesaid : Now know ye tiiat 

 we being desirous of encouraging a design so laudable and 

 salutary, have of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere 



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