REGULATIONS 



roR THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 



OF 



GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 



AS SANCTIONED AT A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, 

 MARCH 3, 1827. 



OF THE SOCIETY GENERALLY, AND OF ITS MEMBERS. 



Article I. — Tlie Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 

 is instituted for the investigation and encouragement of Arts, Sciences, 

 and Literature, in relation to Asia. 



Article II. — The Society consists of Resident, Non-resident, Honorary, 

 Foreign, and Corresponding Members. 



Article III. — No person shall be eligible as a Foreign Member, who is a 

 British subject, or whose usual place of residence is in any part of the 

 British dominions in Europe. 



Article IV. — Members, whose usual place of abode is within the limits 

 of the British Islands, are considered to be Resident. 



Article F.— Those whose usual abode is not in Great Britain or Ireland, 

 being, however, British subjects, are denominated Non-resident. 



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