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9. — Special General Meetings may be summoned by the 

 Committee, or by the Secretarj', on the requisition (in writing) 

 of any six members of the Society, the specific purpose of the 

 Meeting being stated in the notice, which shall be sent to each 

 Member not less than one week before the time of such meeting. 



10. — All questions discussed at the Meetings shall be 

 decided by a majority of votes ; and if upon any question the 

 votes shall be equal, the Chairman of the Meeting shall have the 

 second or casting vote. 



11. — In the event of any vacancy occurring in the Officers 

 or Committee between the Annual Meetings, the same shall be 

 filled up by the Committee. The two Members who have been 

 the longest thereon, and have attended the fewest meetings 

 thereof, during the preceding year, shall go out by rotation at 

 the Annual Meeting. 



12. — In order to facilitate the objects of the Society, the 

 Committee shall be empowered to appoint any Member a Local 

 Secretary for the town or district he may reside in. Such Local 

 Secretary shall be ex-officio a Member of the Committee. 



SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND EXCURSIONS. 



13. — The Meetings of Scientific Business shall be at Seven 

 o'clock p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month, at Canter- 

 bury ; also extra Meetings at such place and time as the 

 Committee shall have posted due notice of in the Society's 

 apartment. Each Member to have the right of introducing a 

 Visitor at these Meetings. 



14. — There shall be ordinary excursions on the Afternoon 

 of the day of each evening Scientific Meeting, and at other 

 times, if the Committee so appoint, time and place to be duly 

 notified in the Society's room by the Committee ; and Special 

 Excursions at such times and places as may be approved by the 

 Committee, who shall consider written suggestions of Members 

 on the subject. 



15. — Minutes of the proceedings of all Meetings shall be 

 entered by the Secretary in a book kept for that purpose. 



16- — The Secretary to give seven days' notice of Special 

 Excursions to every member, stating the time and place thereof. 

 &c. 



