APPENDIX. 



No. I. 



RULES OF THE ASIATICK SOCIETY. 



J. HE following is an abstract of the Rules of tliis Institution, which are now in force; 

 including those printed in the Appendix to the sixth and subsequent Volumes of the 

 Society's Transactions. 



Original Rules adopted fiom the Founder's Discourse, 15th February, 1784. 



1. The Institution shall be denominated the Asiatick Society: the bounds of its in- 

 vestigations will be the geographical limits of Asia; and within these limits, its enquiries 

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



2. Periodical 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 valuable 

 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 unpublished Essays or Treatises as may be transmitted to the Society, by Native Authors. 



