RULES
of the
Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
I.—Name and Objects.
1. The Name of the Society shall be "The Straits Asiatic Society."
2. The Objects of the Society shall be—
- a. The investigation of subjects connected with the Straits of Malacca and the neighbouring Countries.
- b. The publication of papers in a Journal.
- c. The formation of a Library of books bearing on the objects of the Society.
II.—Membership.
3. Members shall be classed as Ordinary and Honorary.
4. Ordinary Members shall pay an annual subscription of $6, payable in advance on the 1st January of each year.
5. Honorary Members shall pay no subscription.
6. On or about the 30th June of every year, the Hon. Treasurer shall prepare a list of those Members whose subscriptions for the current year remain unpaid, and such persons shall be deemed to have resigned their Membership. But the operation of this rule, in any particular case, may he suspended by a vote of the Council of the Society.
7. Candidates for Membership shall apply in writing to the Secretary, and if approved of by the Council shall be recommended by them to the Society at a General Meeting, and if accepted by two thirds of the members present, shall be deemed duly elected.
8. Honorary Members must be proposed for election by the Council at a General Meeting of the Society.
