Journal of the Society of Arts : Volume XLVIII, No. 2480 [‎678r] (5/24)

June x, 1900.]
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FRIDAY, JUNE 1 , 1900 .
Sl ll communications for the Society should be addressed to
the Secretary, John-street, Adelphi, London, IV.C.
Notices.
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INDIAN SECTION.
Thursday, May 24 ; the Right Hon. Sir
Francis Henry Jeune, K.C.B., D.C.L., in
the chair. The paper read was “ English
Criminal Procedure and the Indian Code of
Criminal Procedure : a Comparison.” By
Sir John Scott, K.C.M.G., D.C.L.
The paper and a report of the discussion
will be published in a future number of the
Journal.
FOREIGN 6 s COLONIAL SECTION.
Monday, May 28 ; the Right Hon. Sir
Henry H. Fowler, G.C.S.I., M.P., in the
chair. The paper read was ” Imperial Tele
graphic Communication.” By Sir Edward
Sassoon, Bart., M.P.
The paper and a report of the discussion
will be published in a future number of the
Journal.
CONYERS A ZIONE.
The Society’s Conversazione will take place
at the Natural History Museum, Cromwell-
road, S.W. (by permission of the Trustees of
the British Museum), on Wednesday Evening,
the 20 th June, from 9 to 12 p.m.
The following portions of the Museum will
be open :—On the Ground Floor—the Central
Hall, British Saloon, and the Fossil and Mam
malia and Reptilia Galleries ; on the First
Floor—the East and West Corridors.
Each member is entitled to a card for him
self (which will not be transferable), and a
card for a lady. In addition to this, a limited
number of tickets will be sold to members of
the Society, or to persons introduced by a
member, at the price of 5 s. each, if purchased
before the date of the Conversazione. On
that day the price will be raised to 7 s. 6 d.
These tickets will only be supplied to non
members on presentation of a letter of intro
duction from a member.
Members can purchase these additional
tickets by personal application, or by letter
addressed to the Secretary. In all cases of
application by letter a remittance must be
enclosed. Each ticket will admit one person,
either lady or gentleman.
Light refreshments (tea, coffee, ices, claret
cup, &c.) will be supplied.
Proceedings of the Society.
TWENTY-THIRD ORDINARY
MEETING.
Wednesday, May 30 , 1900 ; Spencer
Wilkinson in the chair.
The following candidates were proposed for
election as members of the Society :—
Apcar, Apcar Alexander, 11, Russell-street, Cal
cutta, India.
Gladstone, Henry Neville, 4, Whitehall court, S.W.
Hayward, F. D., 9, Gracechurch-street, E.C.
Jarman, Arthur, The University, Sydney, New
South Wales.
Murti, P. N. Krishna, C.I.E., Bangalore, Mysore,
India.
Nixon, Major-General John Pigot, care of Messrs.
Henry S. King and Co., 45, Pall-mall, S.W.
Wood, Reginald, Fen Moor, Bottisham Lode, Cam
bridgeshire.
The following candidates were balloted for
and duly elected members of the Society :—
Bull, Henry, r, Queen’s-gate-terrace, S.W.
Dwarkadas, Naranjee, 53, Esplanade - road, Fort,
Bombay, India.
Mango, A., Messrs. Foscolo, Mango and Co.,
Constantinople, Turkey.
Middleton, Reginald Empson, 17, Victoria-street,
Westminster, S.W.
Morris, Captain R., 3rd Bengal Cavalry, Hissar,
India.
Rao, Viskvanatt Patankar Madhava, C.I.E., Banga
lore, India.
Rastamji, C., Rutlam, Central India.
Wheeler, Oswald, 76, Heathwood-gardens, Old
Charlton, S.E.
The Chairman, in introducing Mr. Colquhoun,
said his qualifications to speak on the subject of Cen
tral Asia were unique. After spending many years
in the service of the Indian Government, he made
a name for himself by his journeys across the great
peninsula which separated India from the Chinese
Empire, a country in which of late we had learned to