RULES 
of the 
Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 
I. Name and Objects. 
1. The name of the Society shall be ‘ The Straits Branch 
of the Royal Asiatic Society.’ 
2 . The objects of the Society shall be: — 
(a) The increase and diffusion of knowledge concerning 
British Malaya and the neighbouring countries. 
(b) the publication of a Journal and of works and maps. 
(c) the formation of a library of books and maps. 
II. Membership. 
3. Members shall be of three kinds — Ordinary, Corresponding 
and Honorary. 
4. Candidates for ordinary membership shall be proposed 
and seconded by members and elected by a majority of the Council. 
5. Ordinary Members shall pay an annual subscription of $5 
payable in advance on the first of January in each year. Mem- 
bers shall be allowed to compound for life membership by a pay- 
ment of $50. 
Societies and Institutions are also eligible for ordinary mem- 
bership. 
6. On or about the 30th of June in each year the Honorary 
Treasurer shall prepare and submit to the Cbuncil a list of those 
Members whose subscriptions for the current year remain unpaid. 
Such Members shall be deemed to be suspended from membership 
until their subscriptions have been paid, and in default of payment 
within two years shall be deemed to have resigned their membership. 
No Member shall receive a copy of the Journal or other publi- 
cations of the Society until his subscription for the current year 
has been paid. 
7. Distinguished persons, and persons who have rendered 
notable service to the Society, may on the recommendation of the 
Council be elected Honorary Members by a majority at a General 
