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ORDINAEY GENERAL MEETING* 

 General Halliday in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following elections were announced : — 



Associates :— Rev. G. Juhlin, Arvika, Sweden ; Herr S. Sundliolm, B.A., 

 Sentula, Finland ; Rev. Charles C. Fetch, Gorakhpur, India. 



The following papers w^ere lead : — 



No. I. Report on the Congress of Orientalists held at Hamburg in 

 September, 1902. 



No. II. The Laws of the Babylonians, as recorded in the Code of 

 Hammurabi. 



No. I. 



REPORT ON THE CONGRESS OF ORIENTALISTS 

 HELD AT HAMBURG IN SEPTEMBER, 1902. 

 By Theophilus G. Pinches, Esq., LL.D., M.R.A.S. 



IT was promised us, when the invitation reached Rome in 

 1899, that we should have a right good welcome in the 

 great commercial city of Hamburg, and that everything would 

 be done in a superior manner. And as a matter of lact, our 

 welcome was of the most cordial nature, such as the German 

 nation knows well how to extend. A committee, appointed for the 

 purpose, found for us lodgings at prices in accordance with the 

 indications given, and they performed their work well, foi- 

 there are not many Orientalists who know Hamburg, and 

 though most of the visitors would have preferred to choose 

 their lodgings themselves, the kind offices of the committee 

 were a great saving of time and trouble. 



The hrst reception of the Congressists was on the eve of the 

 day when the assembly was to begin work. This took place in 



* Monday, May 4th, 1903. 



