OF THE 



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The objects of the East Kent Naturai, History Society 

 shall be the Collection and Diffusion of Practical and Theoreti- 

 cal Knowledge respecting Natural History, in all its Branches, 

 both in relation to the particular District and the General 

 Science. 



RULES AND BEGULATIOJYS- 



MEMBEESHIP. 



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 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 nominaton of two Member&, any Lady who shall 

 be desirous of becoming an Ordinary Member, and her subscrip- 

 tion shall be Five Shillings. This rule shall apply also to such 



