Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Col. W.H. Sykes, MP, to inform that it was agreed he be nominated to be the next President of the Society at the Anniversary General Meeting to be held on 15 May. (Found on page 257)
Sans titreLetter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Lt. Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson to inform, that at the Anniversary General Meeting on 15 May, he was unanimously elected as a Vice President of the Society for three years. (Found on page 258)
Sans titreLetter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Col. W.H. Sykes, MP, to inform that, at the Anniversary Meeting on 15 May, he was unanimously elected President for three years and that he should take the Chair when he is present at meetings.
(Found on page 258)
Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Members retiring from Council. Letter sent to 5 members to thank for their services during the time when they have been members of Council. (Found on page 259)
Sans titreLetter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to New Members of Council. Letter sent to 6 members to inform they were unanimously elected members of Council at Anniversary Meeting on 15 May. They should attend meetings as 'often as may suit your convenience'. (Found on page 259)
Sans titreLetter from Edwin Norris to Lord Stanley, MP, Secretary of State for India, to inform that as India Secretary he is ex-officio a Vice-Patron of the Society and it is hoped that he will accept this invitation. He is sent the Regulations and a list of the members of the Society. (Found on page 260)
Sans titreLetter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Gerald C. Talbot, India Board, to ask him to convey to Lord Stanley the fact that the Vice Patronship carries no costs but at the same time Lord Stanley is asked to allow himself to be elected a permanent Fellow. (Found on page 260)
Sans titreLetter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Rev. J. Edkins to send a copy of the report of the Anniversary Meeting from which it will be seen that the request brought by him from Shanghai has been complied with. Edkins is sent recent copies of the Society's journals for distribution to members of the North China Branch of the Society. (Found in page 261)
Sans titreLetter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Rev. R. Payne Smith, Pembroke College, Oxford, to acknowledge his retirement from the Society but his subscription has been 'banked' and it therefore cannot be returned to him. He is entitled to 'privileges of membership until end of 1858'. (Found on page 261)
Sans titreLetter from Edwin Norris to Dr Steele, Assistant Secretary, Royal Dublin Society, to agree to an exchange of publications. (Found on page 262)
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