cx Rules. 
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Procrerepines at AnnuaL MEETING. 
19.—The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held after the 
ordinary meeting, in January, when the election of the Council and 
Committees for the year ensuing shall take place, and the Balance 
Sheet for the past year, duly signed by the Auditors, shall be read by 
the Treasurer, after which the President shall deliver his address. 
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. 
20.—The Officers of the Society and other members of the Council 
shall be nominated in writing, and such nominations shall be sent to 
the Hon. Secretary at least seven clear days before the Annual 
Meeting. In the event of the number of nominations exceeding the 
number of officers or members of the Council respectively to be 
elected, a printed list of the nominations shall be circulated at the 
Annual Meeting, and the members present shall vote by striking out 
the names of those for whom they do not desire to vote, and placing 
the lists in an urn upon the table. Scrutineers shall be appointed at 
the meeting, and the votes shall be counted during the course of the 
evening. 
SrectTionaL CoMMITTEEs. 
21.—At the Annual Meeting Sectional Committees shall be ap- 
pointed for Anthropology, Archeology, Botany, Geology, Meteorology, 
Microscopy, Photography, and Zoology, or such of these or other 
subjects as may at any time seem desirable; also a Museum Committee, 
which shall have the general management of the Society’s Museum. 
22.—Each Committee shall appoint its own Chairman and 
Secretary. 
SrectionaL CommittrEE MEETINGS. 
23.—Each Sectional Committee shall present a report to the 
Council by the 31st December of each year, informing the Council 
what work has been done by the Section during the year. The 
meetings of the Committees shall be held on such dates and at such 
times as the Committees shall appoint. 
Exrraorpinary MErtine. 
24.—An Extraordinary Meeting of the Society may be called at 
any time by the Council, or at the written request of ten or more 
members. Such request shall be delivered to the Council, who shall 
summon such meeting to be held within 28 days of the receipt of 
such notice. Seven days’ notice of any extraordinary meeting, with 
particulars of the business to be transacted, shall be given to each 
member by circular. 
ALTERATION IN RULEs. 
25.—No permanent alteration of these rules shall be made except 
at one of the ordinary meetings of the Society, and notice of any 
proposed permanent alteration or addition must be given in writing 
