Rule _ 8. 
Rule 9. 
Rule 10. 
Rule 11. 
Rule 12. 
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That the reading of any paper shall not occupy more 
than one hour, the remaining portion of the time, up 
to ten o'clock, to be spent in conversation and discus- 
sion. No speaker to occupy more than five minutes, 
or to speak more than once, except by permission of 
the Chairman. 
That a Sessional Programme shall be prepared by the 
Secretary, and printed, in which the business of each 
evening shall be stated. All subjects proposed to 
be brought before the Club to be approved by the 
Committee of management. 
Each member shall have the privilege of introducing a 
friend,* but no person so introduced, shall be allowed 
to take part in the proceedings, unless invited by the 
Chairman, to whom the said person’s name shall be 
communicated on his entrance into the room. The 
Committee shall have power to declare any meeting 
‘‘ Special’? and to make such arrangements as to 
admission of friends at such meeting as they shall 
think proper. 
That an annual Subscription of 10s. be paid by 
ordinary members, and any person whose subscription 
is in arrear for three months shall cease to be a 
member of the Club. 
The Accounts of the Club shall be made up by the 
Treasurer to the end of December in each year; and 
a Balance Sheet shall, after having been audited, and 
passed by the Committee, be printed and sent to the 
members before the Annual Meeting. 
That the Rules be altered only at the Annual Meeting 
in April, or at a Special Meeting ; in both cases a 
fortnight’s Notice shall be given to the members, 
stating the nature of the proposed alteration. The 
Secretary shall be empowered to call a Special Meeting 
on receiving a requisition signed by six members. 
* No gentleman residing within the parliamentary borough, not 
being a member, will be eligible for admission. 
