vi PROCEEDINGS 



The Election for members of Council resulted: — Hon. Mr. 

 Hayes Marriott., Capt. J. C. Moulton, Mr. H. Robinson, the Hon. 

 Mr. H. W. Firmstone. 



Mr. W. Makepeace gave an address on Forty Years' Work of 

 the Society. 



The Chairman proposed and Capt. Moulton seconded : 



That Rule 3 read.— 



Members shall be of three kinds — Ordinary, Corresponding and 

 Honorary. 



That Rule 7 read. — 



Distinguished persons, and persons who have rendered notable 

 service to the Society may on the recommendation of the 

 Council be elected Honorary Members by a majority at a 

 General Meeting. Corresponding Members may, on the 

 recommendation of two Members of the Council, be 

 elected by a majority of the Council, in recognition of 

 services rendered to any Scientific institution in British 

 Malaya, or to Science generally in British Malaya. They 

 shall pay no subscription: they shall enjoy the privileges 

 of members except a vote at meetings, eligibility for office 

 and free receipt of the Society's publications. 



With a corresponding change in Rule 10 b, by the addition of 

 the words " and corresponding " after the words " to elect Ordin- 

 ary." 



The lion. sec. explained the object of the alteration. 



Mr. Boden-Klos's criticised it and suggested that it was not 

 needed. 



The alterations were adopted by thirteen votes to four. 



The Chairman for the Council proposed that Mr. C. 0. Blag- 

 den, Reader at the School of Oriental Studies, be elected an hono- 

 rary member of the Society. 



Mr. Boden-Kloss considered that honorary membership should 

 be confined as a rule to those who had done active work for the 

 Society in Singapore. 



It was pointed out that Mr. Blagden had been Secretary to the 

 Society, and that he had largely contributed to the Journal. 



Mr. Blagden was unanimously elected a Honorary Member. 



A vote of thanks to the Auditor, Mr. See Tiong Wah was 

 carried. 



A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Makepeace for his ad- 

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A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the meeting. 



