RULES OF THE ASIATICK SOCIETY. 599 



2U AUGUST, 1798. 



Resolved, that any Member of the Society may 

 have the privilege of introducing, as a visitor, any 

 Gentleman vi^ho is not usually resident in Calcutta. 



iitk OCTOBER, 1798. 



On a question, proposed at a meeting held on 

 the 27th of September^ " Whether absent Members, 

 " resident in Calcutta^ shall be allowed to vote by 

 " proxy on the election of Vice Presidents and Com- 

 •' mittee of Papers." The Society determined in 

 the negative. 



10th JANUARY, 1799. 

 Resolved. 



lit. That it will be proper to publish, with each 

 volume of the Researches, a list of suchOriental su bjects 

 as may be considered in the light of Desiderata; 

 to be prepared, by the Committee, from lists, submitted 

 to the Society^ by the Members or others. 



2d. That, as a testimonial to the merit of the 

 best Papers, communicated to the Society, on the 

 subjects proposed as Desiderata, the audior be 

 presented with the volume of Researches, wherein 

 such Paper is contained, accompanied with a com- 

 plimentary letter, from the Secretary, in the name 

 of the Society. 



3d. That the rules of the Society, not already 

 published, be inserted in an Appendix to the next 

 volume. 



4th. That four additional Members of the Com- 

 mittee of Papers be elected; and that the Committee 

 do hereafter consist of thirteen Members, including 

 the President, Vice Presidents, and Secretary; of 

 whom, any Member, not less than five, may be com- 

 petent to form a Committee. 



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