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Dr. Cooke thought the best thing to be done was to put the question to 

 the meeting — should there bs a change or not ? 



Dr. Matthews had one little suggestion to make before the resolution 

 was put, and that was that an important matter like this should not be 

 too hastily considered. It would be a great pity to do anything without 

 due deliberation, and, therefore, he would move that the special meeting 

 should be adjourned, so as to give the members an opportunity of think- 

 ing the matter well over before they were called upon to decide, as 

 there seemed to be so many things to be said both for and against the 

 proposal. 



Mr. Nelson a*ked if there was time enough to do this before the 

 arrangements for the meeting had to be made ? 



Mr. Hind doubted whether they would get any better opportunity than 

 the present. 



The President reminded the meeting that there would be no ordinary 

 meeting after that one until May, in consequence of Good Friday falling 

 upon their usual date in April. 



Mr. W. J. Brown said he had great pleasure in seconding the proposal 

 of Dr. Matthews for an adjournment of the question for further considera- 

 tion. As an old member of the Club of 16 years standing, he thought 

 that before anything was done in a matter of this kind the subject should 

 be thoroughly ventilated. He should like amongst other things to have 

 reference made to the numbers attending the meetings at different times 

 of the year, so that before they decided anything they might have the 

 facts before them. 



The President said that unless they sent out a special notice to every 

 member it would not be possible to make this proposed adjournment. 



Mr. Morland said that having been called together for the purpose, 

 why should they not decide upon the matter at once — everyone had notice 

 about it beforehand already ? 



Mr. Buffham said without suggesting a special meeting, could not the 

 present meeting be adjourned for a fortnight ? 



The President said they must in either case send out notices, and this 

 was rather an expensive matter when they considered the question of 

 printing and postages. In the case of the present meeting there had been 

 no extra cost for postage, because the notices went out with the excursion 

 cards. The rules required them to give a month's notice of a special 

 general meeting, and though it might be competent for them to do so, he 

 thought that to adjourn the present meeting to a gossip meeting without 

 special notice would only give room for complaint. 



Dr. Matthews said that being so, he would, with the consent of his 

 seconder, be glad to withdraw his amendment. 



Mr. W. J. Brown cordially assented to its withdrawal, but he should 

 not support the question unless it appeared that some great possible 

 good was likely to be derived from it. 



