The rules were taken seriatim. 



On rule 4, "The society shall consLst of ordinary members, 

 honorary members, and corresponding members, " 



Mr. T. Stephens said that it was proposed to do away with 

 the title of 'associate," and he had not heard any good reason 

 advanced in the committee for doing so. AssnciattJS had only 

 been admitted for three years, and there had only been one 

 during that time, but it did not follow that there would not be 

 many more in the future. He would object to the omission 

 of the word "associate." 



Mr. E. L. Piesse said that it was proposed to reduce the 

 annual subscription to one guinea. The subscription now was 

 £1 10s., and associates were admitted at one guinea. If the 

 subscription was reduced to one guinea there would be no need 

 to have associates. 



Mr. T. Stephens said that it was also proposed to do awav 

 with the title "Fellow," and substitute "member." He was 

 quite in accord with that, as there was no qualification for 

 Fellows, but he did not think it could be done without the 

 repeal or amendment of the Rdyal Society Act. 



The consideration of the clause was postponed until the 

 amount of the annual subscription was decided. 



Rule 8, fixing the annual subscription at one guinea, wa» 

 agreed to without discussion. 



On rule 22, that the Council should consist of nine ordinary 

 memlvers, to be elected at the annual general meeting, 



Mr. T. Stephens said that there whs ox)nsiderabIe differ- 

 ence of opinion in the committee in regard to this rule. He 

 did not care whether the Council consisted of 12 members, as 

 at present, or nine, as proposed, but he objected toi the whole 

 Council having to be elected at each annual meeting, as a 

 number of men might be elected who knew notliing about the 

 business of the society. 



Dr. Crouch: Wliat wa<5 this committee? 



The Chairman: It was a committee annointed by the 

 Fellows at the last annual meeting for the purpose of revising 

 the rules. 



The provision that the Council should consist of nine 

 members was agreed to. 



On the proposal that the Council should \ye elected annually, 

 the meeting divided, with the following result: — Ayes, 15: 

 Noes, 10. 



The Chairman state<i that several proxies had been re- 

 ceived. 



