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6. iVo committee appointed on any subject of deliberation shall con- 

 sist of less than three members; but any other matter may be com- 

 mitted to a single member. A majority of any committee shall be a 

 quorum. 



7. All committees shall be chosen, unless otherwise directed by the 

 Society, on nominations previously made and seconded, the question 

 being put on each member separately. 



8. The member first elected of any committee shall be the chair- 

 man, and considered responsible for the discharge of the duties en- 

 joined on the committee. 



9. Committees shall report at the meeting next following their ap- 

 pointment, unless otherwise ordered by the Society. 



10. All reports shall be in writing, and signed by the members 

 agreeing thereto. 



11. The names of the committees, the time of their appointment, 

 the matter or business committed to them, the time at which they are 

 to report, and the time at which their final report is presented, shall 

 be entered by the secretaries in a book provided for that purpose. 



CHAPTER XII. 



OF THE MAGELLANIC FUND. 



Section 1. John Hyacinth de Magellan, in London, having in the 

 year 1786 offered to the Society, as a donation, the sum of two hun- 

 dred guineas, to be by them vested in a secure and permanent fund, 

 to the end that the interest arising therefrom should be annually dis- 

 posed of in premiums, to be adjudged by them to the author of the 

 best discovery, or most useful invention, relating to Navigation, As- 

 tronomy, or Natural Philosophy (mere natural history only excepted); 

 and the Society having accepted of the above donation, they hereby 

 publish the conditions, prescribed by the donor and agreed to by the 

 Society, upon which the said annual premiums will be awarded. 



CONDITIONS OF THE MAGELLANIC PREMIUM. 



1. The candidate shall send his discovery, invention or improve- 

 ment, addressed to the president, or one of the vice-presidents of the 

 Society, free of postage or other charges; and shall distinguish his 

 performance by some motto, device, or other signature, at his pleasure. 

 Together with his discovery, invention, or improvement, he shall also 



