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eight o’clock in the evening; the chair to be taken at half-past eight pre- 
cisely ; or at such other time as the committee may appoint. 
2.—The ordinary course of proceedings shall be as follows :— 
I.—The minutes of the previous meeting shall be read and submitted for approval 
as being correct. 
II.—The names of candidates for membership shall be read, and the ballot for the 
election of members shall take place. . 
IiI.—Scientific communications shall be read and discussed; after which the chair 
shall be vacated, and the meeting shall resolve itself into a conversazione, to 
terminate at ten o’clock. 
3.—In the absence of the President, the members present at any ordi- 
nary meeting shall elect a chairman for that evening. 
4.—No paper shall be read which has not received the sanction of the 
committee ; and, whenever it is possible, early notice of the subject of the 
papers to be read shall be given by the secretary to the members. No paper 
shall exceed fifteen minutes in the actual reading, unless by the especial per- 
mission of the chairman. 
BUSINESS MEETINGS AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
* _1.—The accounts of the Club shall be audited by two members appointed 
at the ordinary meeting in December. No member of the committee shall 
be eligible as an auditor. 7 
2.—At the same meeting notice of the annual meeting in January shall 
be given from the chair, and the nomination of members for election as 
officers for the ensuing year shall be announced. 
3.—An annual meeting of the Club shall be held, in the place of the 
ordinary meeting, on the third Wednesday evening in January, at half-past 
eight o’clock, when the election of officers for the year ensuing shall take 
place, and the report of the committee on the affairs of the Club, and the 
balance-sheet, duly signed by the auditors, shall be read. 
4.—No permanent alteration in the rules shall be made, except at one 
of the monthly meetings of the Club, and notice of any proposed alteration or 
additions must be given at or before the preceding ordinary meeting. 
Form of Certificate-for Election of Members. 
—o—. 
CROYDON MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 
Mr. 
of 
being desirous of becoming a Member of this Club, we beg to recommend 
him for Election. 
This Certificate was read 
The Ballot will take place 187 
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NoTE.—The foregoing Rules were adopted at a general meeting of the original members 
of the Club, held on the 16th of March, 1870, when the following gentlemen 
were elected as officers and members of the committee, 
President—Mr. HENRY LEB, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.B.M.S., &. 
Treasurer—Mx. JOHN WICKHAM FLOWER, F.G.S., &c. 
*Hon Sec.—Mk. HENRY LONG. 
(on my geet lata, ). 
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Committee : 
JOHN BERNEY, F.R.M.S. G. F. LINNEY. 
ALFRED CARPENTER, M.D. - GEORGE MANNERS, F.S.A. 
WILLIAM REEVE COOPER. GEORGE PERRY. 
PHILIP CROWLEY. HENRY J. STRONG. 
FREDERICK WEST, Jun. 
*Communications to be addressed to the Hon. Sec., 90, High-street, Croydon, 
