RULES 



OF 



THE BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



1. The Society shall be called the "Natural History Society of Bombay.' 



2. Its object shall be the promotion o£ the pursuit of Zoology, Botany and 

 Geology in all their branches, 



3. Members shall be proposed, seconded, and elected by ballot. A majority 

 of two-thirds of the members who vote shall be required to secure election. 



4. Members shall pay an annual * subscription of Rs. 10, payable in advance. 

 If any member's subscription remain unpaid for more than three months, his name 

 shall be liable to be removed from the list of members after due notice given by 

 the Secretary. 



5. Members absent from India shall not pay for the period of their absence. 



6. A President and three or more Vice-Presidents shall be elected from among 

 the members resident in Bombay. 



7. The President shall take the chair and conduct the business at all meetings 

 of the Society, or in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents. If neither is present, 

 a Chairman shall be elected by the meeting. 



8. A Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected from among the members 

 resident in Bombay. 



9. It shall be his duty to record the minutes and proceedings of all meetings 

 of the Society, and to conduct all the details of business and carry on the corres- 

 pondence of the Society. 



10. The Secretary and Treasurer shall prepare an account of the receipts and 

 disbursements of the Society to be presented at the annual meeting which shall 

 be held in the month of January. 



11. The ordinary meetings of the Society shall be held in Bombay on the first 

 Monday of each month. 



12. The chair being taken, the order of business shall be as follows :— 



(a) The minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 



(b) The announcement and election of new members. 



(c) The reading of letters and the discussion of any ordinary business of the 



Society which shall be before the meeting. 



(d) The announcement of presents and donations. 



(e) The remainder of the time at the disposal of the meeting shall be devoted 



to the reading of papsrs, communication of interesting facts, exhibition 

 of speei mens, &c. 



13. Members having anything of this nature to bring before the Society, shall 

 give the Secretary intimation before the commencement of the meeting (in the 

 case of papers a full week before). The subjects of which such intimation shall 

 have been given shall be taken up in such order as the Chairman may think best. 



14. If necessary a Committee of Management shall hereafter be elected from 

 the members of the Society resident in Bombay. 



15. These Rules are provisional and may be amended or added to at some 

 future time. One month's notice of any proposal to alter the Rules shall be given 

 to the Secretary. 



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