538 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No. 6. 



In accordance with the reference made at the last meeting the 

 Council submitted the following report on the motion of Mr. 

 Houstoun to the effect that he may be permitted to have access to 

 all papers, the property of the Society. 



" The Council reports that the papers, which are the property of 

 the Society, are : 



" 1st. The Journal Books which contain a record of the proceed- 

 ings of the Society, of the Council, and of the different Sub-Com- 

 mittees or Sections. 



" 2nd. The Minutes recorded by the members of the Council or 

 the Sub-Committees and Sections upon questions circulated for 

 decision or consideration. 



"3rd. All the correspondence of the Society filed, including 

 copies of the letters written by the Secretary in answer to commu- 

 nications to him, and all the accounts of the receipts and expendi- 

 ture of the Society, and reports addressed either to the Society or 

 to the Council or Sub-Committees. 



" 4th. MSS. of papers published and intended to be published in 

 the Journal and not returned to the authors. 



" The rules are silent except as to the 1st class. The 101st rule 

 expresses only that every ordinary member may have access, at such 

 times as the Library is open, to the Journal Books of the Society 

 and of the Council. The Council are of opinion that this rule 

 fairly construed, includes also the records of the proceedings of the 

 Committees. 



" The Council are further of opinion that every ordinary member 

 ought also to have access to the documents of the 3rd and 4fch 

 classes; but that the minutes of members of the Council or of 

 Committees ought not to be inspected as of course ; but only on 

 application to the Council for their production, subject to an appeal 

 to a general meeting of the Society, should the Council decline to 

 sanction their production. 



* The final decision on every question determined in circulation 

 should be entered in the Journal Books." 



Mr. Houstoun stated that after he had seen the above report in 

 the printed proceedings, he would state his further views. 



Mr. Houstoun presented for the Society's archives on behalf of Mr. 



