P P E N D I X* 3CXV 



No. IT. 



RULES OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



THE following - is an abstract of the Rules of this Institution, which are now in 

 force; including those printed in the Appendix to the sixth and subsequent Volumes 



of the Society's Transactions. 



Original Rales adopted from the Founders Discourse, 15th February, 1784. 



1. The Institution shall be denominated the Asiatic Society : the bounds of its 

 investigations will be the geographical limits of Asia; and within these limits, its en- 

 quiries will be extended to whatever is performed by man or produced by nature. 



2. Weekly Meetings shall be held for the purpose of hearing Original Papers read, 

 on such subjects as fall within the circle of the Society's enquiries, 



3. All curious and learned men shall be invited to send their Tracts to the Secre- 

 tary ; for which they shall immediately receive the thanks of the Society. 



4. The Society's Researches shall be published annually, if a sufficiency of valu- 

 able materials be received. 



5. Mere Translations of considerable length shall not be admitted, except of such 

 unpublished Essays or Treatises as may be transmitted to the Society, by Native Au- 

 thors, 



6. All questions shall be decided on a ballot, by a majority of two-thirds, and 

 nine Members shall be required to constitute a Board for such decisions. 



7. No new Member shall be admitted who has not expressed a voluntary desire to 

 become so ; and in that cage, no other qualification shall be required, than a love 

 of knowledge, and a zeal for the promotion of it, 



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