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with, and the following gentlemen were declared duly elected : — 



President, The Hon'ble A. M. Skinner. 



Vice-President, Singapore, ... "W. A. Pickering, Esquire, c.m.g. 

 Vice-President, Penang, ... D. Logan. 



Honorary Secretary, ... The Hon'ble W. E. Maxwell, c.m.g. 



Honorary Treasurer, ... E. Koek, Esquire. 



( E. "W". Hullett, Esquire. 

 | A. Knight, Esquire. 



Councillors, <{ H. L. Noronha, Esquire. 



! E. C. Hill, Esquire. 

 L J. Miller, Esquire. 



The new members elected provisionally by the Council since 

 the last general meeting were then formally elected by an unani- 

 mous vote; and the meeting also elected the following gentlemen 

 who were duly proposed and seconded : — Messrs. C. B. Cerruti, 

 F. H. Gottlieb, G-. S. H. G-ottlieb. 



Mr. Knight then proposed that the Officers of the Society be 

 added to by the creation of a Vice-President for Malacca, and that 

 the Hon'ble D. F. A. Hervey be elected to that office. 



The Honorary Secretary explained that the constitution of 

 the Society is fixed by the Rules, and that before altering them, 

 it would be desirable that notice should be given, and the nature 

 of the proposed alteration made known to the members of the 

 Society. This view was generally concurred in by those present. 

 It was suggested in conversation that a sixth Councillor might be 

 appointed, w r ho should be resident in Malacca, but to this course 

 the same objection applied. The Honorary Secretary said that he 

 would be glad to see the meetings of the Society held under a 

 Vice-President in Malacca, for that Settlement had a historical 

 claim, having been the scene of a meeting of the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal in 1811, when Raffles and Ley.den were there on their 

 way to Java. 



Mr. Knight said that he would, if necessary, give notice of 

 his proposal at some future date. 



The proceedings then terminated. 



