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"The name of Mr. B. A. E. Buttress has been removed 

 from the list of members under Rule 6. 



"The membership of the Union is given below in com- 

 parison with the last five years : — 



" There are 49 candidates for ordinary membership and 

 the fact of so large a number of gentlemen coming i'orvvai'd 

 for election to the Union is most satisfactory, and one 

 which iias not been lost sight of by the Committee wlien 

 considering the increase to the subscription to the Union.'^ 



The accounts were then approved and passed, after 

 Mr. Bunyard had asked the Secretary what the legal 

 charges were for. 



The resolution approved l)y the Special General Meeting 

 " that the annual subscription be raised from £,\ bs. to 

 £2 "—Rule 5 to read :— 



'^ Every new Ordinary Member shall pay an Entrance 

 "Fee of ^fil., and an Annual Subscription of .€2 on his 

 "election, and every Ordinary Member shall pay an 

 "Annual Subscription of £2 on the 1st January of 

 "each year. Every new Ordinary Member failing to 

 "pay his Entrance Fee and his first Annual Subscrip- 

 " tion before the 31st December immediately following 

 " his election, shall have his election annulled, unless 

 " he shall furnish a satisfactory explanation." 



was then put to the meeting for confirmation and was 

 carried unanimously. 



The Chairman then put to the meeting a recommendation 

 of the Committee that Rule 13 be amended by adding after 



