2 Rules. 
6.—If it shall be thought desirable to expel any Member from the 
Club, the same shall be done by a resolution of the Committee, which 
shall be read at the next ordinary meeting; and at the following 
meeting a ballot shall take place with respect to the proposition, and 
if two-thirds of the Members present shall vote for such Member’s 
expulsion, he shall no longer be considered a Member. 
7.—Any Member may introduce a visitor at an ordinary meeting, 
who shall enter his name, with that of the Member by whom he is 
introduced, in a book to be kept for that purpose. 
Ordinary Meetings. 
1.—The ordinary meetings of the Club shall be held on the third 
Wednesday in every month (excepting the months of June, July, and 
August), at seven o'clock in the evening; the chair to be taken at 
half-past eight precisely ; or at such other times 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. 
I].—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 
ordinary 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 twenty minutes in the actual 
reading, unless by the special permission of the Chairman. 
5.—In addition to the above ordinary meetings, others, for con- 
versation and the exhibition of Microscopical objects and Natural 
History specimens, shall be held on the first Monday in each month, 
at eight o’clock in the evening. 
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. 
2.—At the same meeting, notice of the Annual Meeting in January 
shall be given from the chair. 
3.—An Annual Meeting of the Club shall be held, in the place o 
the ordinary meeting, on the third Wednesday evening in January, 
at half-past eight o’clock, when the election of officers for the year 
