PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Annual General Meeting. 



Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Straits Branch 

 of the Eoyal Asiatic Society, held in the Librarian's Eoom at the 

 Baffles Museum at 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 27th, 1919. 



Present : Hon'ble Mr. C. J. Saunders, President, in the 

 chair; Dr. van Beuningen van Helsdingen, Dr. Argyll Campbell, 

 Hon'ble H. W. Firmstone, Dr. Handy, Messrs. Hayes Marriott, H. 

 Eobinson, E. 0. Winstedt, Major Moulton, Dr. E. Hanitsch, Hon. 

 Treasurer, Walter Makepeace, Hon. Secretary. 



The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of Feb. 28th, 

 1918, were taken as read and confirmed. 



The Annual Eeport and Accounts were taken as read and adopt- 

 ed and the election of 34 new members was confirmed. 



The Election of Officers and Members of Council resulted as 

 follows : — 



President. — The Hon'ble Mr. W. George Maxwell, c.m.g. 



Vice President for Singapore. — Mr. Hayes Marriott. 



Vice President for Penang. — The Hon'ble Colonel Sir Arthur 

 Adams, k.b.e. 



Vice President for the F. M. S.— The Hon'ble Mr. C. W. C. 

 Parr. 



Hon. Treas. — Dr. E. Hanitsch. 



Hon. Sec. — Mr. W. Makepeace. 



Hon. Librarian. — Mr ; C. Bazell. 



Members of Council. — The Hon'ble Mr. H. W. Firmstone, 

 Major Moulton, Mr. H. Eobinson, Dr. Argyll Campbell. 



Under the head of " General " Mr. Winstedt asked as to the 

 printing of the Journal; and whether it would not be possible to 

 call for tenders for a period. 



Eeferred to the Council for consideration. 



A letter from Mr. Freeman suggested that the Nos. of the 

 Journal containing Malay texts should be advertised on the cover, 

 as he believed many Malays would like to purchase those numbers. 

 It was agreed to do this. 



