TITLE! J^ISriD OBJ"EOTS 



OF THE 



^ast ^mi Natural Historg ^0mtg. 



The objects of the East Kent Natural History Society 

 shall be the Collection and Diffusion of Practical and Theoretical 

 Knowledge respecting Natural History, in all its Branches, both in 

 relation to the particular District and the General Science. 



RULES AKB REGULATIONS. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



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

 Corresponding 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 Subcription 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 nephews of Ordinary Members, as may be regularly resident in 

 the same house with those Members. 



