RULES. O 



to offer good slides for examination : and who will otherwise 

 endeavour to contribute to the usefulness of the Society. 



Several Journals si^ecially interesting to microscopists are cir- 

 culated amongst the members, the expense of the same being 

 borne only by those to whom they are sent. The following are 

 now in circulation : — foujiial of the Royal Microscopical Society^ 

 Quarterly Jowiial of Microscopical Science, Nature, and the 

 American Monthly Microscopical Journal; others will be added 

 at the desire of the members. 



RULES. 



I. — That the Society be called " The Postal Microscopical 

 Society," and that its purpose shall be the circulation, study, and 

 discussion of microscopic objects ; and the general advancement 

 of microscopy and the Natural Sciences amongst its members. 



2. — That application for membership must be made to the 

 Hon. Secretary through a member of the Society, or other well- 

 known microscopist, on the form provided for that purpose, and 

 such application will in due course be submitted to the Committee 

 for their approval. Every member on admission to the Society 

 shall pay an Entrance-Fee of 5/- Ladies as well as gentlemen 

 shall be eligible as members of the Society. 



3. — That the Officers of the Society shall consist of a Presi- 

 dent, President-Elect, Vice-President, and Secretary, the latter 

 acting as Treasurer, to be elected annually by the members at 

 large ; and of a Committee of Management, composed of six or 

 more members, elected at the Annual Meeting; the President, 

 President-Elect, Vice-President, and Secretary, being ex-officio 

 members of the Committee, any six of whom shall form a quorum. 



4. — That a Local Sub-Committee be formed of some of the 

 members residing in Bath, who shall meet at monthly intervals, 

 and that all acts of detention of boxes, damage to, or non-circula- 

 tion of slides, or any other acts of irregularity, be laid before such 

 Sub-Committee, which shall have full power from the General 

 Committee to act in such a manner as in their opinion the 

 occasion may require. 



5. — The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held in 

 London, as near as practicable to the ist of October in each year, 



