NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



TITLE AND OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The objects of the East Kext Natcual History Society 

 shall be the Collection and Diffusion of Practical and Theoretical 

 Knowledge respecting Natural Historj', in all its Branches, both in 

 relation to the particular District and the General Science. 



RULES AjYD REGULATIOJ^S. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



1. — The Society shall consist of Ordinary, Honorary, and Corres- 

 ponding Members, and of Associates. 



2 — Every candidate for admission into the Society as an Ordinary 

 Member must be proposed in writing by two Members, and the 

 election shall be by show of hands or by Ballot, taken at any Meeting 

 of the Committee, or at a General Meeting — one negative in five 

 votes to exclude. 



3. — -The annual Subscription to be paid by Ordinary Members 

 shall be Ten Shillings ; the Subscription shall become due on the 1st 

 of January in each year, and shall be paid in advance for the current 

 year. Any Member neglecting to pay his Subscription for three 

 months after it is due, shall be applied to by the Treasurer or Secretary, 

 and if the Subscription remain unpaid for three months after such 

 application, he shall cease to be a member of the Society. 



4. — The Committee shall have power to admit, without ballot, 

 on the nomination of two Members, any Lady who shall be desirous 

 of becoming an Ordinary Member, and her Subscription shall be Five 

 Shillings. This rule shall apply also to such sons, brothers, and 



