Rule 8. 
Rule 9. 
Rule 10. 
Rule 11. 
Rule 12. 
Rule 13. 
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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 
discussion. 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. 
