Local Branches. 



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Institute, to attend all tlie meetings at which. Papers are read or Lectures delivered, 

 both locally and in London, and also to receive two tickets for the Annual 

 Conversazione. 



Gentlemen who are Members of a Local Branch may become Fellows of the Institute 

 at any time on being duly proposed and seconded and paying the balance of the neces- 

 sary subscription, and so entitled to all the privileges of corporate membership of 

 the Institute. 



Fellows and Associates of the Institute residing within the area of a Local Branch 

 shall i-pso facto be Members of such Branch. 



Rates of Subscription. 



Menihers of Local Branches : Ladies and Gentlemen 

 Fellows Resident in the United Kingdom 



,, „ Entrance Fer . 



,, „ For Life . 



Fellows Non-Resident (in the Dominions &c.) 



,, „ Entrance Fee . 



„ „ For Life . 



Subscriptions of the Members of Local Branches are renewable annually on January 

 1st, each year. The subscriptions of those elected subsequent to October 1st in any 

 year will be credited for the following year. 



Regulations. 



1. Upon receipt of a request in writing from no less than 10 Local Subscribers 

 residing in a Town or District, the Council may, at their discretion, issue a Certificate 

 creating a Branch of the Institute. The said Certificate shall define the district to be 

 covered by such Branch. 



2. The Subscribers who have signed the Requisition for the constitution of a 

 Branch shall be a Provisional Committee, and on receipt of the Warrant of Incor- 

 poration they will become the Local Committee with power to add to their number. 

 The appointment of the Honorary Secretary of such Branch shall be subject to the 

 approval of the Council. 



3. The principal and immediate work of the Branches is the organisation of Lectures. 

 and difiusion of intelHgence concerning the Overseas Dominions, Colonies and India, 

 It is, moreover, the duty of the Local Committee to endeavour to give effect to the 

 wishes of the Institute in matters of universal moment or importance. 



4. A General Meeting of the Members of the Branch must be held at least once a year. 



5. At the first and following Annual Meetings of the Branch, at which all Members 

 who are not in arrear with their subscriptions have the right to vote, the Committee 

 should be elected 



6. The Secretary of a Branch shall forward to the Secretary of the Institute for 

 presentation to the Council each year, not later than February 1st, a report on the 



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