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place as the council may determine. ‘The chair shall be taken at 
8 p.m., and the business of the meeting being disposed of, the 
meeting shall resolve into a conversazione. 
16. Field-meetings may be held during the summer montlis at 
the discretion of the council; of these due notice, as respects 
time, place, &c., shall be sent to each member. 
17. Members shall have the right of suggesting to the council 
any book or object to be purchased for the use of the society. 
18. All books in the possession of the society shall be allowed 
to circulate among the members, under such regulations as the coun- 
cil may deem necessary. 
19. The microscopical objects and instruments in the possession 
of the society shall be made available for the use of the members, 
under such regulations as the council may determine; and the 
books, objects, and instruments shall be in the custody of one of 
the secretaries. 
20. The council shall have power to recommend to the mem- 
bers any gentleman, not a member of the society, who may have 
contributed scientific papers, or otherwise benefited the society, to 
be elected an honorary member; such election to be by show of 
hands. 
21. No permanent alteration in the rules shall be made, except at 
the annual meeting, or a meeting specially convened for the pur- 
pose by the president, and then by a majority of not less than two 
thirds of the members present, of which meeting one month's 
notice shall be given. 
