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also have the privilege of introducing two visitors to the ordinary and field 

 meetings of the Society. 



11. — No member shall have the right of voting, or be entitled to any otthe 

 advantages of the Society, if his subscription be six months in arrear. 



12. — The annual meeting shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in Feb- 

 ruary for the purpose of electing officers for the year ensuing, for receiving 

 the reports of the Council and auditors, and for transacting any other business. 



13. — Notice of the annual meeting shall be given at the preceding ordinary 

 meeting. 



14. — The ordinary meetings shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in the 

 months of October, November, January, March, April, and May, and the 

 third Wednesday in December, at such place as the Council may determine. 

 The chair shall be taken at 8 p.m., and the business of the meeting being 

 disposed of, the meeting shall resolve into a conversazione. 



15. — Field meetings may be held during the summer months at the discre- 

 tion of the Council ; of these due notice, as respects time, place, &c , shall be 

 sent to each member. 



16. — Special meetings shall be called by the Secretaries immediately upon 

 receiving a requisition signed b}' not less than five members, 9uch requisition 

 to state the business to be transacted at the meeting. Fourteen days' notice 

 of such meeting shall be given in writing by the Secretaries to each member 

 of the Society, such notice to contain a copy of the requisition, and no busi- 

 ness but that of which notice is thus given shall be transacted at such special 

 meeting. 



17. — Members shall have the right of suggesting to the Council any books 

 to be purchased for the use of the Society. 



18. — All books in the possession of the Society shall be allowed to circulate 

 among the members, under such regulations as the Council may deem necessary. 



19. — The microscopical objects and instruments in the possession of the 

 Society shall be made available for the use of the members, under such regu- 

 lations as the Council may determine; and the books, objects, and instru- 

 ments shall be in the custody of one of the Secretaries. 



20. — -The Council shall have power to recommend to the members any gen- 

 tleman, not a member of the Society', who may have contributed scientific 

 papers or otherwise benefited the Society, to be elected an honorary member; 

 such election to l)e by show of hands. 



21. — No alteration in the rules shall be made, except at the annual meet- 

 ing, or at a meeting specially convened for the purpose, and then by a majority 

 of not less than two-thirds of the members present, of which latter meeting 

 fourteen days' notice shall be given, and in either case notice of the alterations 

 proposed must be given at the previous meeting, and also inserted in the 

 circulars sent to the members. 



