4- — In order to encourage the study of Microscopy and Natural History 

 amongst mechanics, &c., residing in the district, individuals of that class 

 may be admitted as Associates, provided they shall first communicate some 

 original information or observation on Microscopy or Natural History, or 

 exhibit such specimens as shall, by their merit, satisfy the Committee. Such 

 Associates shall enjoy the privileges of Honorary Members. 



5. — No Member shall be considered to have withdrawn from the Club 

 until he shall have paid his arrears, and given a written notice to the 

 Secretary of his intention to resign. 



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 ot the Member by whom he is introduced, in 

 a book kept for that purpose. 



ORDINARY MEETINGS. 



I. — The ordinary meetings of the Club shall be held on the second 

 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 eight precisely ; 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 

 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 conversation 

 and the exhibition of Microscopical objects and Natural History specimens, 

 and for the borrowing and exchanging of books, shall be held on the fourth 

 Wednesday in each month throughout the year, at half-past seven o'clock 

 in the evening. 



BUSINESS MEETINGS AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



I. — 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 of the 

 ordinary meeting, on the second Wednesday evening in January, at 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. 



