receiving the report of the retiring Committee, auditing the 

 Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business. — 

 Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven 

 Members, a week's notice being given. 



7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiqui- 

 ties, specimens of Natural History, vrith other miscellaneous 

 articles, vrhether of Nature or Art ; to which may be added 

 Scientific Books and Philosophical Apparatus. 



8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members, 

 Subscribers, and their families, on such days of the week and 

 under such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special 

 occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members, 

 Benefactors, or Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut. 



9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot, at a General 

 Meeting of the Society, on such terms as that meeting shall 

 appoint ; but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to 

 the benefits of the Institution, Subscribers, paying Twelve Shill- 

 ings yearly in advance. Such Subscribers shall have no share in 

 the property of the Society, nor vote at its meetings, nor hold 

 office in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing 

 strangers and members of their own family to the Museum, and 

 of attending Lectures on the same terms as Members of the 

 Society. 



10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the 

 Society may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary 

 Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property 

 of the Society, or in the management of its concerns. 



11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such re- 

 strictions as the Council may deem necessary. 



12. — Every member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his 

 share; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death, 

 descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by 

 ballot whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted 



