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beration the Committee recommended to the Council that the final 

 consideration of the question be postponed, pending a further report from 

 the Committee. 



Proposed sale of the Society's Premises, 



On receipt of an enquiry from the Honorary Secretary of the 

 United Service Club, whether the Society would entertain any proposal 

 on the part of the Club to purchase the Society's premises and on what 

 terms, the Council referred the matter to a Sub-Committee, consisting 

 of Major A. Alcock, Mr. S. C. Hill, Mr. W. K. Hods, Mr. J. Bathgate, 

 and Mr. J. D. Nimmo. The Sub-Committee, after obtaining legal assur- 

 ance of the Society's right to sell its premises, drew up a report with the 

 recommendation that the proposals set forth therein be submitted to 

 the Members of the Society. The Council approved of the report and 

 ordered it to be printed and circulated in accordance with Rule 64A. 

 The question was brought up at the Monthly General Meeting in January, 

 and the Meeting decided that the matter be referred back to the Sub- 

 Committee with the request to frame an estimate of the probable cost 

 of acquiring a new site and erecting a new building with and without 

 accommodation for a Secretary in a suitable neighbourhood, and also to 

 take such steps as might seem sufficient to ascertain definitely what sum 

 is likely to be received by the sale of the present house and site. 



Exchange of Publications. 



During the past year, the Council accepted six applications for 

 exchange of publications with other Societies, viz. : (1) from the Treasury 

 Department, Bureau of Statistics, Washington, the Society's Journal^ Parts 

 II and III, and Proceedings being exchanged for their publications ; (2) 

 from the Ecole Fran^aise d'Extreme Orient, Saigon, the Society's Journal, 

 Parts I-III, and Proceedings for its Bulletin ; (3) from the University 

 of Aberdeen, the Society's Journal, Parts T-III, and Proceedings being 

 exchanged for their Studies ; (4) from the Societa Romana di Antropo- 

 logia, the Society's Journal, Part III, and Proceedings being exchanged 

 for its Atti ; (5) from the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, the 

 Society's Journal, Parts I and III, and Proceedings for their Transac- 

 tions ; (6) from the Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso, the 

 Society's Journal, Part II, and Proceedings being exchanged for their 

 publications. 



Secretaries and Treasurer. 



Dr. T. Bloch carried on the duties of Philological Secretary and 

 Editor of the Journal, Part /, throughout the year, except for four months, 



