The first regular fortnightly meet-ug, of the recently formed Numismatic Society of China was held in the Reading Room attached to the Library of the local branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in the latter's new building at 20 Museum Road on Tuesday (Sept. 25).
Although by no' means all _the members of the Society were pres ent,. there was a sufficiently large attendance of enthusiasts to ensure good meeting.
After the usual formalities at suen functions had been gone through, the Hon. Secretary, Mr. G. MH: Parkes, made a detailed report of that had transpired in connection with the Society since its inaugural meeting held last June in the office of "The China Journal" at the instigation of a few people interested in the collecting of ancient coins. Tt was decided at that time not to hold any further meetings til after the hot weather was over, but in the meanwhile new members had been enrolled, and the Hon. Secretary had got into communication with important numismatic societies other parts of the world with gratifying results, The Hon, Treasurer, Mr. K, Mulder, reported the ancial state of the young Society as satisfactory, The " President, Mr. A. de Sowerby, was pleased to report that the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society and had kindly granted the use of the Reading Room to the new Society as a gesture of en: couragement, for which the members of the latter were, of course, duly grateful. In return' it was indicated that the junior Society" would take special interest in" the rapidly growing collection of ancient and modern coins in the senior Society's Museum.
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