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OF THE MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Article XLVIII. — The meetings of the Society, to which all the members 

 have admission, and at which the general business of the Society is trans- 

 acted, are termed General Meetings. 



Article XLIX. — At these meetings, the chair shall be taken by the Presi- 

 dent, or, in his absence, either by the Director or one of the Vice-Presi- 

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



Article L. — Ten Members being present, the meeting shall be considered 

 as constituted, and capable of entering upon business. 



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

 Jirst and third Saturday in every month, from December to July, both inclu- 

 sive ; excepting on the first Saturday in June, and the Saturdays preceding 

 Easter and Whit-Sundays and Christmas-day. 



Article LII. — The business of the General Meetings shall be, the pro- 

 posing of candidates, the election and admission of Members, the accept- 

 ance and acknowledgment of donations, and the reading of papers commu- 

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

 connexion with Asia. 



Article LIII. — Nothing relative to the regulations, management, or pecu- 

 niary affairs of the Society shall be introduced and discussed at General 

 Meetings, unless the meeting shall have been declared special, in the manner 

 hereinafter provided. 



Article LIV. — Every member of the Society has the privilege of intro- 

 ducing, either personally or by a card, one or two visitors at any General 

 Meeting ; but no stranger shall be permitted to be present, unless so intro- 

 duced, and approved by the Meeting. 



Article LV. — The admission of a new Member may take place at any 

 General Meeting. When he lias paid his admission fee, and subscribed the 



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