18 



MANAGEMENT, AND BUSINESS MEETINGS. 



7. The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a 

 Committee of Management, wliich shall consist of a Presi- 

 dent, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and an Honorary Secretary, 

 and not less than six Members, who shall all be chosen at the 

 Annual Meeting. Three Members of such Committee shall 

 form a quorum. The Meetings shall be at least quarterly. 



8. An Annual Meeting shall be held on the first 

 Saturday in April in each year, at Canterbury, for the 

 purpose of electing the officers for the current year, receiving 

 the Annual Eeport of the Committee, and conducting the 

 general affairs of the Society. 



9. Special General Meetings may be summoned by the 

 Committee, or by the Secretary, on the requisition (in 

 writing) of any six Members of the Society, the specific 

 purposes of the Meeting being stated in the notice, which 

 sball be sent not less than one week before the time of 

 such Meeting. 



10. All questions discussed at the Meetings shall be 

 decided by a majority of votes ; and if upon any question 

 the votes shall be equal, the Chairman of the Meeting shall 

 have the second or casting: vote. 



11. In the event of any vacancy occurring in the Officers 

 or Committee, between the Annual Meetings, the same 

 shall be filled up by the Committee. 



