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Article A'A'A'F. — The special objects of the Committee of Correspon- 

 dence are, to receive intelligence and inquiries relating to the Arts, 

 Sciences, and Literature of Asia, and to endeavour to obtain for applicants 

 such information on those subjects as they may require. 



FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICERS. 



Article XXXVI. — The functions of the President are, to preside at 

 meetings of the Society, and of the Council ; to conduct the proceedings, 

 and preserve order ; to state and put questions, according to the sense 

 and intention of the Members assembled ; to give effect to the Resolutions 

 of the Meeting ; and to cause the Regulations of the Society to be put in 

 force. 



Article XXXVII. — The functions of the Diuector are twofold, general 

 and special. His general functions are those of a Presiding Officer, being 

 next in rank to the President; by virtue of which he will preside at 

 meetings when the President is absent, and discharge his duties. His 

 special functions relate to the department of Oriental Literature, which is 

 placed under his particular care and superintendence. 



Article XXXVIII. — The duties of the Vice-Presidents are, to preside 

 at the meetings of the Society and of the Council, when the chair is not 

 filled by the President or Director ; and to act for the President, on all 

 occasions, when he is absent, and when his functions are not undertaken by 

 the Director. 



Article XXXIX. — The Treasurer will receive, on account of, and for 

 the use of the Society, all monies due to it, and make payments out of the 

 funds of the Society, according to diiections from the Council. All annual 

 subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer, on the first day of January in 

 every year ; and in case of omission for one calendar month, he is autho- 

 rized to demand the same. 



Article XL. — The Treasurer's accounts sliall be audited annually, pre- 

 viously to the Anniversary Meeting of the Society. The Council shall, for 



