PROCEEDINGS OE THE STRAITS BRANCH 

 OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



Minutes of Meetings held at the Raffles Library, 

 Singapore, Monday the 4th November 1877. 



Present. 



The Ven. Archdeacon G. F. Hose. 



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



A. Gray, 



D. F. A. Hervey, 



The Hon. C. J. Irving', 



W. E. Maxwell, 



F. Maxwell, 



W. A. Pickering*, 



A. M. Skinner, 



J. D. Vaughau, 



The Venerable Archdeacon Hose having been requested to 

 take the Chair, Mr. A. M. Skinner explained the object of the 

 Meeting, — that of forming a Society to promote the collection 

 and record of information relating to the Straits Settlements and 

 the neighbouring countries. 



Mr. Skinner proposed and Mr. Irving seconded, 

 " That the gentlemen present form themselves into a Society 

 tor collecting and recording Scientific information in the Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago : the said Society to be, for the pre- 

 sent, called the " Straits Asiatic Society." 



Mr. Hervey proposed and M. W. E. Maxwell seconded, 



That the gentlemen present form themselves into a provisional 

 Committee, any three of whom will form a quorum." 



Dr. N. B. Dennys proposed and Mr. Vaughan seconded, 

 " That the Committee be requested to communicate with the 

 Royal Asiatic Society with a view to the Society being incorpo- 

 rated as the Straits Branch of that Society." 



Mr. A. Gray proposed and Mr. W. A. Pickering seconded, 

 " That the subscription of the Society be fixed at $6 per 



annum ; and that the Hon. C. J. Irving be requested ^o act as 



Honorary Treasurer." 



