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4th. That Colonel Doug-las be requested to become the President of the Association. 



5th. That the five following- gentlemen be requested to form the Committee at Kur- 

 rachee. 



Captain Preedy. Captain J. Napier. 



Captain Browne. Lieutenant Blag-rave. 



John Macleod, Esquire. 



Ensign Burton, Acting Secretary and Treasurer. 



6th. That for the general purposes of the Sindh Association,— viz. purchasing books 

 and coins, sending out proper persons to collect specimens of Natural History, &c, &c, 

 a monthly subscription of five Rupees, to be reduced next meeting to two Rupees or one, 

 be paid by each Member, in addition to a donation of twenty Rupees on entrance. 



7th. Captain Preedy having kindly offered to place at the disposal of the Association 

 one of the rooms in the new School-room built by him in the neighbourhood of the Town, 

 it is proposed that his offer be accepted as a temporary measure, but that means be taken 

 for raising Funds to erect a building to be devoted solely to the purposes of the Associ- 

 ation. 



8th. That with respect to the Library, the books to be purchased shall consist of 

 works relating to Sindh, and the adjacent countries, especially to History and Antiquities, 

 also that Scientific works and books of reference be provided for the use of the Mem- 

 bers. 



9th. That every member be requested to favour the Secretary with any information 

 upon the proposed objects of the Society. Any donations of books, specimens, &c, &c, 

 will be most thankfully received. 



10th. That the expense of transmitting all communications be defrayed, if desired, by 

 the Society. 



11th. That the Secretary register all papers, and donations, together with the names of 

 the donors, and enter in a book to be kept by him, all miscellaneous and detached me- 

 moranda with which he may be favored. 



12th. That Quarterly General Meetings be held, and that intermediate meetings also 

 may be called for by the committee, or at the requisition of any five Members. 



13th. That the committee now elected be requested to frame, and submit a series of re- 

 gulations to the next meeting of the Association. 



A General Meeting of the Sindh Association will take place on the 8th of November, 

 1845. 



• R. Burton, 



Acting Secretary and Treasurer. 



At a previous Meeting held at the house of Captain Preedy, on the 9th October, 1845, 

 a series of resolutions, forming the basis of the future rules of the Sindh Association 

 were passed. In conformity with Par. 13.—" That the Committee now elected be re- 

 quested to frame and submit a body of By-laws to the next meeting." At a general meet- 

 ing of the Association held at the house of Captain Preedy on Saturday the 8th Novem- 

 ber, 1845. The following By-laws were proposed and passed. 



Present. 



Colonel Douglas, Captain Young. Lieut. Blagrave. 



Captain Napier. Captain Hughes. Lieut. Maclagan. 



Captain Preedy. Dr. Gibbon. Lieut. Vanrenen. 



