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failed to pay it before the 1st of April, shall be held to have retired 
from the Society, but may be re-instated during the current 
year by the Council on payment of his subscription for the year. 
2. Members may at any time commute the annual subscrip- 
tion by payment of ten guineas. 
3. Each Member shall pay an entrance fee of one guinea. 
Patron. 
V.—The Governor of Queensland shall (subject to his 
consent) be Patron of the Society. 
Officers. 
V1I.—The officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice- 
President, a Treasurer, and an Honorary Secretary. 
Council. 
VII.—The officers, together with five non-official members of 
the Society, shall constitute the Council. 
Election of Officers and Council. 
Vill.—The Officers and Council of the Society shall, after 
nomination, be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting, provided 
that the President and Vice-President shall not be eligible for 
office for two years in succession. 
Nominations for the Council and Officers, signed by a Mem- 
ber, and accompanied by the nominee’s written consent to serve, 
shall be delivered to the Secretary not less than one week before 
the date of the Annnal Meeting. 
If the nominations and vacancies to be filled up are equal in 
number, the person or persons nominated shall thereupon be 
declared by the Chairman of the Meeting to be duly elected ; 
but if the nominations exceed in number the vacancies to be 
tilled, the election shall be decided by ballot. 
Hach member present, having been furnished with a list of 
the several nominations shall vote by striking out the names of 
those for whom he does not intend to vote. 
