The meeting of this Suciety held in the Library of the iuatitution on Wedi ing, 26th ult, was uansually d, and the company included Dr, Jamieson, one of the lents, chair, of ceting having appeared in a recent issue of the Society's Journal were taken as rend, The Chinirman announced that since the last x of the Society, the Count de Llorente, the Reva, J. Stonehouse and EH. Faber, and Messrs, L. von Fri Syburg, James Mackey, W. B. Ri Palamountain, A, Korff, Borkowsky, P. A. W, Otto Ruhsteat, Z. 1. Volpicolii, Creagh, and F. Price had been elected ordinary members of the Society, while the Rev. A. Zutolli, of the Jesuit Minsi Sicawei, hud, in consideration of tinguished services as a sinologist, made an honorary member, The Chair-mun also expressed the regret felt by the Society ut the deaths of Count Kleczi Scherzer, both He than referred possibility and Museum of considered desirable to illustrate wore thi of porcelain and bronze manufactur particularly the former, and the idea was to aim from the first at securing a com plete, chronological, representative series of art specimens. If carried out, this would be a good thing in i would also prove to collectors, who portunity of comparing it with standards corresponding t" the periods to which it professed to belong. Much more money would thus be aununlly saved than would be needed to keep such an tution in a atate of progress A certain sum would be with, perhaps $1,000, but ing might be dove with $500, "The wers already authorised to an-that one gentleman would give me others would do the same, Those present were invited to give their views on tha subject, and it was promised that their suggestions would be carefully lered by the Committee when the de-of the plan were worked out. Mr, mill quite agreed with the Chairman as to the need of auch a Museum. The chief difficulty ley want of accom. modation in the present building, which and Natural History Museum. If, however, was already fully occupied with the Library
the British Government could be induced to allow the Society the use of the vacant piece of land adjoining the Museum and
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.