vj proceedings. 



Monday, the 1st April, 1878. 



Members of the Council present : 



The Veil. Archdeacon Hose. President. 



J. D. Vaughan, Esq., Vice. President for Singapore. 



N. B. Dennys, Esq., Ph. D. Honry. Secretary. 



Hon. J. Douglas, Esq., C. M. G. 



A. M. Skinner, Esq. 



E. Bieber, Esq., L. L. D. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



On the recommendation of the Council 23 Gentlemen were 

 elected Members of the Society. 



The Honorary Secretary Dr. N. B. Dennys drew attention 

 to the circumstances under which he had accepted, as a 

 temporary arrangement, the office of Honorary Secretary to 

 the Society ; and proposed that the office should now devolve 

 upon Mr. A. M. Skinner in accordance with the arrange- 

 ment which had been contemplated at the time. Mr. Skinner 

 expressed his willingness to undertake the duties, and the 

 change was agreed to. 



Mr. J. D. Vaughan read a paper on " The Chinese in Sin- 

 gapore. Some discussion ensued in which Dr. Dennys, Mr. 

 Douglas, and the Chairman successively took part. 



Monday, the 6th May, 1878. 



Members' of the Council present. 



The Ven. Archdeacon Hose, President. 



J. D. Vaughan, Esq. Vice President for Singapore. 



Hon. C. J. Irving. Honry. Treasurer. 



A. M. Skinner, Esq. Honry. Secretary. 



Hon. J. Douglas, C. M. G. 



E. Bieber, Esq. L. L. D. 



N. B. Dennys, Esq. Ph. D. 



E. Koek, Esq. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 On the recommendation of the Council 9 Gentlemen were 

 elected Members of the Society. 



The President communicated to the Meeting the substance 

 of a letter received from the Royal Asiatic Society, in which 

 that Society agreed to the affiliation of the Straits Asiatic 

 Society as a Branch, and undertook to exchange publications; 



