CXXxii Rules. 
+ Membership. 
1.—Both ladies and gentlemen shall be eligible for Member- 
ship of the Club. 
2.—Every candidate for Membership shall be proposed by two 
or more Members, one of whom at least shall have a personal 
knowledge of the eondidate, and who shall sign a certificate in 
recommendation of him or her. 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. 
3.—The Annual Subscription shall be 10s., payable in advance 
on the 1st of January (or on election, if previous to November), 
and no person shall be entitled to the privileges of the Club until 
his or her Subscription shall have been paid. 
4,—Distinguished persons 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. 
5.—In order to encourage the study of Microscopy and Natural 
History amongst mechanics, &c., residing in the district, indivi- 
duals 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. 
6.—No Member shall be considered to have withdrawn from . 
the Club until he or she shall have paid all arrears, and given a 
written notice to the Secretary of his or her intention to resign ; 
and any Member more than one year in arrear may be struck off 
unless special cause to contrary be shown to the Committee. 
7.—If it shall be thought desirable to expel any Member from 
the Club, the same shall be done by a resolution of the Com- 
mittee, 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 or she shall no longer be 
considered a Member. 
8.—Any Member may introduce a visitor at an ordinary 
meeting, who shall enter his or her name, with that of the 
Member by whom he or she is introduced, in a book kept for 
that purpose. 
