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The Second Annual Meeting of this Society was held at the Grand Hotel on Wednesday evening the 15th July 1874.

The chair was taken by the President, J. C. Hepburn Esq. M. D. shortly before nine o’clock.

The Minutes of the last General Meeting having been confirmed, a Draft of Rules, submitted by the Council, was read and discussed, clause by clause. Having been amended in several points, it was finally passed as a whole on the motion of the Rev. Dr. Brown, seconded by Sir Harry S. Parkes, and adopted, as follows:—

1.—The name of the Society shall be “The Asiatic Society of Japan.”

2.—The objects of the Society shall be—
 * a. The collection of information and the investigation of subjects relating to Japan or other Asiatic countries.
 * b. The formation of a Library and Museum adapted to the above purposes.
 * c. The publication in a Journal of original papers and information read before or collected by the Society.

3.—The Society shall consist of Ordinary, Honorary, and Corresponding members.

4.—Honorary and Corresponding members will be admitted upon special grounds to be determined by the Council or for services rendered to the Society. They will not be resident in Japan and will not pay an annual subscription.

5.—Ordinary members shall pay an annual subscription of Five dollars which will become due upon election, provided the election occurs previous to the latter half of the year,. [sic]