PROCEEDINGS 



of the 

 Annual General Meeting. 



Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Straits Branch 

 of the Royal iVsiatic Society, held at the Society's rooms in the 

 Raffles Museum, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27th, 1917. 



Present : — Hon. C. J. Saunders, President, in the Chair, Rev. 

 A. J. Amery, Messrs. C. Bazell and A. W. Bean, Professor J.- 

 Argyll Campbell, Captain A. R. Chancellor, Drs. J. A. R. Glennie, 

 J. M. Handy and R, Hanitsch, Mr. W. Makepeace, Hon. H. 

 Marriott, Rev. W. Murray, Messrs. Ong Boon Tat, H. Robinson, 

 See Tiong Wah and S. G. Williams, Dr. R. van Beuningen van 

 Helsdingen, Messrs. H. X. Ridley, and I, H. Burkill (Hon. Secre- 

 tary) : also several visitors. 



The minutes of the meeting of February 10th, 1916, were 

 read and confirmed. 



The Annual Report and Statement of Accounts which had been 

 circulated in print were accepted on the motion of Mr. H. Robin- 

 son, seconded by Dr. J. A. R. Glennie. 



The Hon. C. J. Saunders moved, and the Hon. H. Marriott 

 seconded that, as recommended by the retiring Council, Dr. D. J. 

 Galloway, a past-president, be elected an Honorary Member on 

 account of his notable service to the Society. Dr. Galloway was 

 elected an Honorary Member upon a show of hands. 



The Hon. Treasurer explained that the Council had deter- 

 mined to place two thousand two hundred dollars ($2,200) from 

 the Society's reserve funds into the Colonial War Loan and to 

 earmark the interest therefrom for use in connection with the 

 Library. 



The following were elected consecutively office-bearers for 

 1917:— 



Hon. C. J. Saunders . . President. 



Mr. W. Makepeace 

 Hon. A. R. Adams 

 Hon. A. H. Lemon 

 Mr. I. H. Burkill 

 Dr. R. Hanitsch 

 Mr. C."BazeH- 



Vice-President for Singapore. 

 Vice-President for Penang. 

 Vice-President for the F. M. S. 

 Hon. Secretary. 

 Hon. Treasurer. 

 Hon. Librarian. 



