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noticed only the minor ones. The circumstance of there having been no 

 ballot, although irregular, was but an adjunct : his main objection was, 

 that the election took place, on a mere verbal intimation by the Secretary. 

 There was no ballot certificate, nor report brought up from the Coun- 

 cil, nor a certain voucher of any kind, laid before the meeting ; nothing 

 in short upon which a valid election could take place. He quoted from 

 the " Gleanings," vol. 1. p. 59, a resolution passed by the Society, on the 

 5th December 1828, prescribing the procedure for the election of Honor- 

 ary members, none of the provisions of which had been observed on the 

 late occasion. Under all the circumstances he considered that the election 

 should be gone through de novo ; he did so solely out of respect to the 

 rules and statutes of the Society, and would himself cordially support 

 Dr. Henry's election. 



The Secretary replied he had done exactly as had been done for ten 

 years in all similar cases. He produced the written resolution signed 

 by the President, three Vice Presidents and nine members of the Coun- 

 cil in favor of the election, which he last month stated had been acci- 

 dentally mislaid, and expressed his extreme regret that the slightest in- 

 formality should have occurred. 



A re-election being generally objected to on the grounds that every 

 election of the last ten years should- be similarly remanded to a new 

 ballot, Dr. Falconer handed in and read a written " Protest" signed by 

 himself and Dr. Walker, against the proceeding in question. 



The question being put whether this Protest should be printed, Mr. 

 H. M. Elliot proposed, seconded by Mr. Welby Jackson, that the Pro- 

 test be not printed. Mr. Elliot having claimed a ballot, his proposi- 

 tion was carried by a majority of 18 to 5 balls. 



Council of the Asiatic Society. — Repairs of House. 



The Council Report that eleven beams in various parts of the house 

 having been found to be totally destroyed by white ants, and a pro- 

 fessional survey having shown the premises to be in need of immediate 

 and thorough repair, the Council have, as authorized by the last annual 

 meeting, accepted the estimate rendered by Mr. Vos, and directed the 

 repairs, &c. to be commenced forthwith. 



This will render it necessary to close the premises with the excep- 

 tion of the Library for between two and three months, and the Council 

 advise an adjournment of the monthly meetings during that period, all 



