An ordinary meeting of this society was held at the Royal Asiatic Soviety's rooms, Museum Road, on Thursday evening, (11th) theoceasion being a debate on the motion "That the prevailing chit system engenders extravagance and should therefore be d countenanced and as lar as poss ble discon tinued." Mr. R. E, Bredon, President, occupied the chair, and briefly' opened the proceedings. In the course of his remarks he referred to the fact that one of the events on the society's programme, a lecture
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