RULES. 



I. rile objects of ■■ Thk FoRFiGX EiRD CiA'i!*' shall bf the mutual 

 encouragement and assistance of the meniljers in kcepin;; and breeding all 

 species of I'irds, and the exhibitinfj- of Foreifjn I'irds and the improvement 

 of Shows in rcfifard to them. 



2. The Club shall be compused of members. b'.vcry member shall 

 pay an entrance fee of 5s., and an annual subscription of Jos. Subscrip- 

 tions sh.'ill l)e due and payable in advance on the ist of January in each 

 vear. If any member's subscription shall be more than tin-ee months overdue, 

 he shall be .suspended from all benefits of the Club, and if more than nine 

 months overdue, notice of his having ceased to be a member of the Club, and 

 of the cause, may he puljlished in Notices to iMeml)ers : and on such notice 

 being- published he shall cease to be a member accordingly, but his liability 

 for overdue subscriptions shall continue. 



3. New Members shall be proposed in writing by a Member of the 

 Club : and the name and address of every person thus proposed, with the 

 name of the person proposing him, shall be published in the Notices to Mem- 

 bers. Unless the Candidate shall, within fourteen days after the publication 

 of his name, be objected to by at least two I^Iembers, he shall be duly elected. 

 If two or more Members shall lodge with either of the Secretaries objections 

 to any Candidate he shall not be elected, but the signature to the signed 

 objections must be verified by the Scrutineer. The Secretaries and the 

 Scrutineer shall not disclose the names of the objectors. 



4. Any member wishing to resign at the end of the current year of 

 the Club shall give notice of intention to one of the Secretaries before the 

 31st of December, and in default of such notice he shall be liable for the 

 following year's subscription. 



5. The Officers of the Club shall be elected from the Members, and 

 shall consist of a President, one or more Vice-presidents, an Auditor, a 

 Scrutineer, one or more Secretaries, a Treasurer, a Veternary Surgeon, a 

 Council of Twenty-four Members and such number of Judges as shall from 

 time to time be determined by the Council. The Editor, Secretaries, Treas- 

 urer, President and Veterinary Surgeon shall be ex-oificio members of the 

 Council. 



Three Members of the Council shall retire annually by seniority, but 

 are eligible for re-election. The Editor, Secretaries, and Treasurer shall be 

 elected trienially. The Council and Judges '^hall be elected in a manner 

 hereinafter- provided. The other officers shall be elected annually at .x 

 meeting of the Council, immediately after their own election. 



6. The election for the three annual vacancies on the Council, and the 

 Judges, shall take place every year between the 15th November and the 5th 

 December. The Secretaries shall ascertain which of the Members are willing 

 to stand for election to office, and shall send to each Member of the Club, on 



