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MEMBERSHIP. 



I. — Every candidate for Membership shall be proposed by two or more 

 Members, one of whom, at least, shall have a personal knowledge of him, 

 and who shall sign a certificate in recommendation of him, according to 

 the form appended. The certificate shall be read from the chair, and the 

 candidate therein recommended balloted for at the following meeting. One 

 black ball in five to exclude. 



2. — The Annual Subscription shall be los., payable in advance on the 

 ist of January (or on election, if previous to November), and no person shall 

 be entitled to the privileges of the Club until his Subscription shall have 

 been paid. 



3. — Distinguished men may be elected Honorary Members of the Club ; 

 such Honorary Members shall not be subject to any of the expenses of the 

 Club, and shall have no vote in its affairs. 



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 — No Member shall be considered to have withdrawn from the Club 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 of 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 conver- 

 sazione, 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. 



