RULES OF THE STRAITS ASIATIC SOCIETY. XX1 
13. The Council shall have authority, subject to confirmation 
by a general meeting, to make and enforce such by-laws and re- 
gulations for the proper conduct of the Society’s affairs as may, 
from time to time, be expedient. 
V.—Meetings. 
14. The Annual General Meeting shall be held in January of 
each year. 
15. General Meetings shall be held, when practicable, once in 
every month, and oftener if expedient, at such hour as the Council 
may appoint. 
16. At Meetings of the Society, eleven members shall form a 
quorum for the transaction of business. 
17. At all Meetings, the Chairman shall, in case of an equality 
of votes, be entitled to a casting vote in addition to his own. 
18. At the Annual General Meeting, the Council shall present 
a Report for the preceding year, and the Treasurer shall render 
an account of the financial condition of the Society. Officers for 
the current year shall also be chosen. 
19. The work of Ordinary General Meetings shall be the tran- 
saction of routine business, the reading of papers approved by the 
Council, and the discussion of topics conuected with the general 
' objects of the Society. 
20. Notice of the subjects intended to be introduced for dis- 
cussion by any member of the Society should be handed in to 
the Secretary before the Meeting. 
Visitors may be admitted to the Meetings of the Society, but no 
one who is not a member shall be allowed to address the Meeting. 
except by invitation or permission of the Chairman. 
VI.—Publications of the Society. 
21, A Journal shall be published, when practicable, every six 
months, under the supervision of the Council. It shall comprise a 
selection of the papers read before the Society, the Report of the 
