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6. — If it shall be thought desirable to expel any Member from the 

 Club, the same shall be doue by a resolution of the Committee, which 

 shall be read at the next oi-dinary meeting; and at the following 

 meeting a ballot shall take place with respect to the proposition, and 

 if two-thirds of the Members present stiall 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 

 mtroduced, in a book kept for that piu'pose. 



OEDINAKY MEETINGS. 



1. — 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 



baUot for 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 sub- 

 ject 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 Nattn-al 

 History specimens, and for the borrowing and exchanging of books, 

 shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in each month throughout the 

 year, at eight o'clock in the evening. 



G.— Photographic Meetings shall be held on the first Friday in each 

 month throughout the year, 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 fi-om the chair. 



3. — An Annual Meeting of the Club shall be held, in theplace of 

 the ordinary meeting, on the second Wednesday evening in J anuary, 

 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. 



4. — The Officers of the Club shaU be nominated in writing, and such 

 nominations shall be sent to the Secretary seven clear days befoi-e the 

 Annual Meeting. In the event of the number of nominations exceeding 

 the number of Officers to be elected, a printed list of the nominations 



