I\X IMIOCEEDIKGS or TilK 



Tho follow iiit; papci'ri were read : — 



1. •* Oil the Ucograpliical Distribution of the Gulls and Tcrus 

 (Laridcc)."' 13y Howard Saundcr;', IMv.S. 



2. "Notes on the Action of Limpets in Sinking Pits and 

 Abrading tho .Surface of the Chalk at Dover." Bj J. Clarke 

 llawkshaw, Esq. Communicated by 13r. Muric, F.L.S. 



li. "On the Fertilization oi Jlei/enia evcclit.'" By K. Irwin 

 Lynch, Esq. Communicated by Dr. Murie, E.L.8. 



The following alterations in the Bye-Laws, agreed to by the 

 Council, were read by the Vice-President in the Chair, and ordered 

 to be suspended in the Meeting-lloom : — 



It is proposed tliat tlic^rd, -Jtli,5tli,aii(l Gtli Sections of Chapter II. of the 

 15vc-Liuvs shiill be rei)eale(l ; and that in beu thereof the new Bye-Law» 

 licreafter set forth shall be made and established, and that the same shidl 

 be inserted and stand -aj, Sections III., IV., V,, VI., VII., VIII., and IX. 

 of Chapter II. 



Proposcil Xcir Bifc-Laii's. 



CHAPTER II. 



SiccTiON III. — Every Fellow who shall be elected after the Twenty- 

 fonrth day of iMay, 182';^ and before the First day of November, 18/8, 

 shall, besides the Admission-Fee, further contribute towards the Funds 

 of the Society, ))rcvious to bis Admission, by paying the sum of Thirty 

 Pounds in lieu of all future Payments ; or he shall sign an Obligation for 

 the regular Payment of Three Pounds per Annum to the Society, so long 

 as he shall continue a Fellow. 



Section IV. — Every Fellow elected after the Twenty-fourth day of 

 May, 1829, and before the First day of November, 18/8, may at any time 

 compound for his future Contributions by l)aying the Sum of Thirty 

 Pounds in One Year instead of the Annual Contribution for that Year ; 

 in which case his Obligation to make Annual Payments shall be void. 



Section V. — The Yearly Contributions of all Fellows elected after the 

 Twenty-fourth day of ^lay, 182!', and before the First day of November, 

 18/8, shall be considered due and i^ayable at each Anniversary IMeeting 

 for the year in-eceding; but no such Fellow who shall have been elected 

 on or after the First day of February, 18/8, shall pay the Annual Contri- 

 bution falling due at the Anniversary Meeting of that Year. 



Section VI. — Every Fellow elected on or after the First of November, 

 1878, shall, in addition to the Admission-Fee of Six Pounds, also pay 

 Three Pounds as his Annual Contribution in advance for the Year com- 

 mencing on the preceding Twenty-fourth of May, and a similar Contribu- 

 tion of Three Pounds annually on each successive Twenty-fourth of May, 

 so long as he shall continue a Fellow ; jnovided, bow ever, that any such 

 Fellow, if elected between the First of March and the Twenty-fourth of 

 Mav in any year, shall not be liable to the Contribution for the year com- 

 mencing on the ]n-cceding Twenty-fourth of ^lay, but shall pay his first 

 year's Contribution in advance on the succeeding Twenty -fourth of May. 

 Every such Fellow shall sign an Obligation for the regidar payment of bis 

 Annual Contribution of Three Pounds. 



Section VII. — Everv Fellow who shall be elected on or pfter the First 



