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3.—The Officers aud Committee shall be elected annually ata 
General Meeting, to be held as provided in Rule 8. A list of 
nominees shall be prepared by the Committee, and submitted to 
such Annual Meeting, and the election shall then be made by show 
of hands. Any vacancy which may occur during the interval 
between two Annual Meetings shall be filled in by the Committee, 
and reported to the Society at the next meeting. 
4,—All persons above sixteen years of age are eligible as 
members. Anyone desiring to join the Society must be proposed 
and seconded by two members at any ordinary meeting, and may 
then be elected by show of hands. 
5.—All members shall contribute a Subscription of Five 
Shillings annually, payable on election, and on each succeeding 
first of January. Members elected in December shall not be liable 
for any subscription until the following first of January. 
6.—An ordinary Meeting of the Society for the election of 
Members, for reading and discussing papers and correspondence, 
and for the exhibition of Microscopical and other specimens, shall 
be held on the first and third Tuesdays in each month at the 
Museum at 8.15 p.m.; or at any other time and place duly notified 
to the members. 
7.—Each member may introduce two friends at any ordinary 
meeting, 
8.—An Annual General Meeting of the Society for the electicn 
of Officers and Committee, for receiving and considering the state- 
ment of accounts and a report of the Committee on the affairs of 
the Society, for alteration of Ru'es, and for other business, shall be 
held in December. Six members shall form a quorum at such 
meeting. 
9.—In the event of its becoming necessary in the interval 
between two Annual General Meetings to consider any proposed 
alteration in the Rules, or other matter of special importance, such 
question may be considered and settled at an ordinary Meeting of 
the Society, provided that notice thereof has been given to the 
~ members. 
10.—The Committee may at its discretion make grants of 
money from its available funds towards paying the expense of 
illustrating lectures and for the purchase of books on Natural 
History and Microscopy. 
