REGULATIOJfS 



^OR THE 



lATAVIAN SOCIETY, 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES, 



■" For the Public benefit." 



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1 — Jl HE Batavian Society of Arts and Sci- 

 ences, establishedonthe2ith April, 1778, wilhtbe 

 naotto ''' 'FoT the Public benefit,** shall continue 

 und^i- tl>€ s^pecial patronage of Ü\t British Go- 

 vernment. 



'2. — The public benefit is tlie genera] aim of 

 tlie Society, and tlie piirpose of its labours. 

 Th^ extension and improvement of natural his- 

 torv, and of the knowledge of tlie lanjruagcs, an- 

 ti quities, raanners, and customs of the Natives 

 of India, and other particulariTies of the Eastera 

 countries, are pointed out by its local situation, 

 as the more immediate field of its enquiries, 

 which will also embraee the improvement of 

 agrijculture, and other matters connectcd \s\(k 

 tbe pjTosperitj of the colouy. 



