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that he has fixed his residence in the British Islands, pay the usual contri- 

 bution of Three Guineas per anmim, or in lieu thereof, the sum of Ten 

 Guineas, as an equivalent for the composition. 



Article XXXVI II.— Foreign, Honorary, and Corresponding Members, 

 shall not be liable to any contributions, either as annual payments, or on 

 their admission. 



Artick XXX7A'.— Every person elected a Resident Member of the 

 Society, shall make the payments due from him, within two calendar months 

 after the date of his election ; or if elected a Non-Resident Member, within 

 eighteen calendar months after his election ; otherwise his election shall be 

 void : unless the Council, in any particular case, shall decide on extending 

 the period within which those payments are to be made. 



OF THE MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Article XL.— The meetings of the Society, at which the members, gene- 

 raUy, are present, and at which the general business of the Society is trans- 

 acted, are termed General Meetings. 



Article XL/.— At these meetings, the chair is filled by the President, or, 

 in his absence, either by the Director, or one of the Vice-Presidents ; or, 

 should these Officers also be absent, by a Member of the Council. 



Article XLII.—Ten Members being present, the meeting shall be con- 

 sidered as constituted, and capable of entering upon business. 



Article XLIIL— The General Meetings of the Society shall be held on 

 the Jirst and third Saturday in every month, from November to June, both 

 inclusive ; excepting the third Saturday in March, and the Saturdays pre- 

 ceding Easter and Whit-Sundays and Christmas-day. 



Article XLIV.— The business of the General Meetings shall be, the 

 proposing of candidates, election and admission of Members, acceptance 

 and acknowledgment of donations, and the reading of papers communicated 

 to the Society, on subjects of science, literature, and the arts, in connexion 

 with Asia. 



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