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among them to make their own independent efforts in that field on 

 which one of themselves achieved a great success. I consider, 

 therefore, that, while the Society had its own proper objects in view 

 when it undertook the preservation of this interesting example of 

 Malay intelligence, it did not lose sight of them in putting it in the 

 way of those for whom it was originally written. 



RECEPTION OF PROFESSOR NORDENSKJOLD. 



( Extract from the " Straits Times " of the ^th December?) 



Mr. A. M. Skinnee, Honorary Secretary, opens the Mee ting 

 by reading the following Resolution of the Society, at a Mee ting 

 of the Council held on 3rd November : — 



" The Council takes into consideration the information which 

 " has been received of the Vegas approaching visit to Singapore, and 

 " unanimously agrees to send to Professor Noedenskjold the hearty 

 "congratulations of this Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society upon 

 "his successful achievement of a North-East passage in his remarka- 

 ble voyage through the Polar Seas from Sweden to Japan." 



" Should the Vega, under the command of Captain Palandee, 

 " and the distinguished party, visit our port, it is resolved to offer 

 " such a recognition as may be practicable of the importance of 

 " Professor Noedenskjold's achievements to science generally, and to 

 " those objects more particularly which the Asiatic Society exists to 

 "promote." 



Mr. Skinner explains that in pursuance of this resolution 

 Professor N oedenskjold and Captain Palandee had been invited, 

 thanks to the courtesy of the members of the Club, to meet the 

 members of the Straits Branch of the Asiatic Society in the read- 

 ing-room of the Club this evening, an invitation which both 

 eminent men have kindly accepted. 



The Venerable Archdeacon Hose says : — 



Professor Noedenskjold, — In the name of the Straits Branch 

 of the Royal Asiatic Society, assembled here to meet you, I have to 

 offer you the most hearty congratulations upon the success of that 

 great achievement which you, and your distinguished associates 

 have just accomplished in effecting the North-Eastern Passage 

 through the Arctic Ocean. 



In all ages the North men have been bold enough to face the 

 hardships of the frozen sea, tempted, in old times, by the desire of 

 getting lands and wealth, and in our own better days by the hope 



