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6. H. H. the Sultan of Johore K.C.M.G., K.B.E. was elected an Honorary Member.

7. The election of Officers and Members of the Council for the current year resulted as follows:

President The Hon. Mr. W. G. Maxwell, C.M.G.
Vice-Presidents for the S.S. The Hon. Sir J. W. Murison and Mr. H. Robinson.
Vice-Presidents for the F.M.S. Mr. H. C. Robinson and Mr. J. B. Scrivenor,
Vice-Presidents for the U.M.S. Mr. J. L. Humphreys and Mr. A. W. Hamilton.
Hon. Treasurer Mr. C. Bazell.
Hon. Secretary Major J. C. Moulton, O.B.E.
Hon. Librarian Mr. J. Johnston.
Council Mr. I. H. Burkill, Mr. A. G. Bratton, Mr. C. L. Collenette and Mr. B. Nunn.

8. Votes of thanks to Mr. See Tiong Wah for auditing the Society's accounts, to Dr. Lim Boon Keng, O.B.E. for his services on the Council, and to the retiring Council, were passed.

9. The Chairman then gave an interesting lecture on the Antiquities of Malaya, after which Mr. Robinson proposed, and Mr. Amery seconded, a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer, at the same time expressing a hope that the paper would be printed in the Society's Journal.

Annual Dinner.

By kind permission of the Committee of the Singapore Club a dinner was held at that Club on Friday 10th February 1922 at 8.15 p.m.

H. E. the Governor, as Patron of the Society, accompanied by Mr. R. B. Osborne, Private Secretary, and Mr. Foulger A.D.C. was present as the guest of the evening. Sir. J. W. Murison, the retiring President, took the chair. Covers were laid for 35. Bc- sides those mentioned, the following Members were present:— Messrs. C. I. Collenette, H. C. Robinson, W. J. Cullen, Seah Liang Seah, Seah Eng Tong, J. O'May, A. F. Richards, I. H. Burkill, A. Cavendish, W. Lowther Kemp, Drs. A. T. Hoops, F. W. Foxworthy and R. O. Winstedt, Messrs. H. Robinson, E. T. Williams, B. Nunn, C. E. Wurtzburg, J. I. Miller, D. Santry, C. Bazell, W. P. Plummer, J. R. Lynch, A. J. Amery, F. G. Bourne, L. J. Hayes, H. D. Mundell, A. G. Bratton, J. C. Moulton and three guests.