350 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Malay Archipelago." The paper, as in the case of those which had 

 preceded it, would be taken as read. 



Dr. Hebb then, on behalf of the Council, gave formal notice that on 

 June 19 next, at 7.80 p.m., a Special Meeting of the Fellows of the 

 Society would be held for the purpose of making certain alterations and 

 additions to the By-laws. The cbief alterations proposed were : — 



(1) In respect to the payment of the admission fee, which, under 

 the existing rules, was payable by instalments spread over a period of 

 five years. It was proposed to revert to the previous system, and require 

 the admission fee to be paid in one sum, instead of by instalments at the 

 option of the new Fellow. 



(2) In reference to the formation of hybrid Committees ; power being 

 sought to add Fellows not on the Council to Committees of Council. 



(3) To make the Treasurer and Secretaries ex-officio members of all 

 Committees. 



(4j To make a new By-law dealing with the duties of the Honorary 

 Librarian — a new office. 



(5) To revise By-laws 74, 66, 89, and 65 (in future 65a). The changes 

 in these being really emendations necessitated by obscurity of language 

 (74), or by the alterations proposed (65, 66, 89). 



The existing By-laws which would be affected, and the altered form 

 in which it was proposed to render them, were then read seriatim to the 

 Meeting. 



Mr. Freshwater asked if the proposed alterations would be printed, 

 and sent to each of the Fellows before the Meeting, so that they might 

 have an opportunity of looking over them, as it seemed rather a difficult 

 matter to remember what the alterations were after only hearing them 

 read over once. 



Mr. Vezey thought that this would hardly be necessary, seeing that 

 the proposed alterations were, with one exception, matters of very small 

 importance. The only important alteration was the one relating to the 

 payment of the admission fee, which, under the existing By-law, could 

 be paid down in one sum of two guineas, or, at the option of the person 

 elected, payment might be spread over five years. This had been found 

 to work unsatisfactorily, especially in cases where a Fellow wished to 

 resign before he had completed the payment of the admission fee, when 

 it was sometimes not easy to obtain the balance due. 



Dr. Hebb said it was not proposed to print and circulate the notice 

 as suggested, due notice having been given in conformity with the By- 

 laws, and added that to do so would be a matter of considerable expense 

 and of no practical utility. 



Notice was given that at the next meeting of the Society there would 



