vi PROCEEDINGS. 
After the usual loyal toast the Chairman proposed the health 
of H. E. the Governor, who responded in a happy speach empha- 
sizing the importance of the occasion due to the change in the 
Society’s name inaugurated that very day. H. E. aeeeed in 
eulogistic terms to the valuable work done for the Society by the 
two V ice-Presidents Dr. Winstedt and Mr. Robinson. In coneclu- 
sion he gave a two-fold toast: “ to the Straits Branch, Royal Asiatic 
Society, Vale; to the Malayan Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, Ave,” 
and to the latter he added “Floreat, florebit. m 
Dr. Winstedt and Mr. Robinson replied on behalf of the 
Society. ) 
The Company then adjourned to the billiard and card rooms 
where the remainder of the evening passed pleasantly. 
