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patronage of the Society. He much regretted the absence of the Honorable the 

 President, as he thought he would doubtless have earnestly supported the proposal 

 he intended to make, which was, that the Society should subscribe for two copies of 

 the Encyclopedia, and address Government, requesting also that its support be ac- 

 corded to M. Callery's most useful and honourable enterprise. 



The Sub-Secretary thought that the absence of the Honorable the President was 

 scarcely to be regretted, as any proposal to Government now carried, would thus 

 come more independently from the Society, as a body, in his absence. He observed, 

 that it was scarcely possible sufficiently to appreciate such an undertaking, since at 

 the present moment no Englishman could be indifferent to any work, great or small, 

 which could throw any light whatsoever on any matter relative to China or the Chinese. 



Some conversation ensued, when it was elicited, that (as stated in the preface,) 

 the work will extend to 20 Volumes of 600 pages each, royal octavo, and the price 

 will be 25 francs per Volume. It was proposed by the Vice President, seconded 

 by Mr. Heatly, and carried unanimously, that the Society should subscribe for two 

 copies, and that it should be referred to the Committee of Papers to frame a letter 

 for the approbation of the Society at the next Meeting, in which the support of Go- 

 vernment might be solicited for this important work. 



The Vice President brought to the notice of the Meeting, that it had been long 

 considered by many Members of the Society, that the Busts were placed in far too 

 elevated a position, and that it would be proper to lower the pillar-pedestals on 

 which they stand, so as to bring them to the usual height at which Busts were placed. 

 He also submitted to the Meeting, a specimen Slab on which it was proposed to 

 inscribe the names of the persons whose effigies were represented, placing it against 

 the pillar beneath the Bust ; but he stated, that as some difference of opinion might 

 arise as to the proper mode of inscribing the name, he begged to submit the question 

 for the decision of the Society. 



After some conversation, it was agreed upon, that a Committee to be composed of 



N. B. E. Baillie, Esq. 

 F. G. S. Heatly, Esq., and 

 H. Piddington, Esq. 



be requested to settle this matter. 



The Secretary also stated, that as a reprint of the Lithographed Rules of the Socie- 

 ty which were distributed to new Members was necessary, he wasdesirous of know- 



