tific and literary study, and if the medical, scientific planting and 

 mining, industrial, literary and philosophic interests of Malaya 

 could be concentrated in the Society, a decade would be sufficient to 

 make its foundations more secure than ever. Its functions may be 

 summed up : to investigate, to record, — and record is a useful step 

 to further investigation — to collect knowledge, not only among its 

 members but from all earnest inquirers and workers. 



