VI 
PROCEEDINGS 
Hamilton, Hughes, Johnston, Lowther Kemp, Boden Kloss, Lew- 
ton-Brain, Macalister, Miller, Moulton, Nathan, Nutt, Robinson, 
S'antry, Scharft and Collenette. 
The following attended as guests of various Members: — Messrs, 
Day, Figart, Ham, Penman, Quance, Smith, Wolskel and Dr. Holt. 
After the usual loyal toast, Dr. Winstedt proposed the health 
of the F.M.S. Members of the Society. He mentioned that this 
was probably the first dinner ever held by the Society and he 
hoped it would become an annual function. 
He commented on the successful career of the Society and 
drew attention to the wide circulation of the Society’s Journal and 
in particular to the fact that it is evidently appreciated by various 
learned institutions in Europe and elsewhere. He instanced the 
Professor of Malay at Leiden, who had written to him quite re- 
cently in appreciation of our Journal. Dr. Winstedt remarked on 
the general rise in cost of printing and said that the only way to 
combat that was to obtain more members for the Society. He re- 
gretted the absence of Sir William Murison their President, now 
on a holiday, and said he was confident that if the dinner became 
an annual and assured success, H. E. the Governor, their Patron, 
who took a keen interest in Malay matters, would consent to attend. 
Mr. C. Bodeu Kloss replied in suitable terms on behalf of the 
F.M.S. Members and proposed the health of the Straits Members, 
coupled with the name of the Hon. Mr. Nutt. 
Mr. Nutt, in replying to this toast, expressed a hope that the 
day would come when the “ Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic 
Society ” would be known as the “ Malayan Branch of the Royal 
Asiatic Society. Our membership list and our field of work covered 
a wider area than the Straits Settlements. He alluded to his own 
failure to form a “ Malayan Association ” but congratulated the 
Society on being in fact, if not actually in title, a Malayan Scienti- 
fic Societ}\ He proposed the health of the guests, to which Dr. 
Holt replied, congratulating, the Society on its past achievements 
and future prospects. He only regretted that duty took him to 
India, which would thus prevent him from taking closer interest in 
the Society in future. 
Mr. Bazell proposed the health of the Hon. Secretary, who, 
he said, was mainly responsible for getting up the dinner. The 
Hon. Secretary acknowledged the compliment and tactfully moved 
an adjournment to the billiard and card rooms, where a pleasant 
evening was brought to a close shortly before midnight. 
Members agreed that the particularly apt speeches of the 
three principal speakers contributed • in no small measure to the 
success of the evening. 
