RULES 



OP THE 



BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



1. The Society shall be called the "Natural History Society of 

 Bombay." 



2. Its object shall be the promotion of the pursuit of Zoology, Botany 

 and Geology in all their branches. 



3 Members shall be proposed, seconded, and elected by ballot. A 

 majority of two-thirds of the members who vote shall be required to 

 secure election. 



4. Members shall pay an annual * subscription of Rs. 15, payable in 

 advance. If any member's subscription remain unpaid for more than 

 three months, his name shall be liable to be removed from the list of 

 members after due notice given by the Secretary. 



5. Members absent from India shall not pay for the period of 

 their absence. 



6. A President and three or more Vice-Presidents shall be elected 

 from among the members resident in Bombay. 



7. The President shall take the chair and conduct the business at all 

 meetings of the Society, or in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents. 

 If neither is present, a Chairman shall be elected by the meeting. 



8. A Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected from among the 

 members resident in Bombay. 



9. It shall the Secretary's duty to record the minutes and proceedings 

 of all meetings of the Society, and to conduct all the details of business and 

 carry on the correspondence of the Society. 



10. The Secretary and Treasurer shall prepare an account of the 

 receipts and disbursements of the Society to be presented at the annual 

 meeting which shall be held in the month of January. 



11. The ordinary meetings of the Society shall be held in Bombay on 

 the first Monday of each month. 



12. The chair being taken, the order of business shall be as follows :— • 



(a) The minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 



(b) The announcement and election of new members. 



(c) The reading of letters and the discussion of any ordinary business of 



the Society which shall be before the meeting. 

 ((?) The announcement of presents and donations, 

 (e) The remainder of the time at the disposal of the meeting shall be 



devoted to the reading of papers, communication of interesting 



facts, exhibition of specimens, &c. 



13. Members having anything of this nature to bring before the 

 Society, shall give the Secretary intimation before the commencement of 

 the meeting (in the case of papers a full week before). The subjects of 

 which such intimation shall have been given shall be taken up in such 

 order as the Chairman may think best. 



14. If necessary a Committee of Management shall hereafter be elected 

 from the members of the Society resident in Bombay. 



15. These Rules are provisional and may be amended or added to at 

 some future time. One month's notice of any proposal to alter the Rules 

 shall be given to the Secretary. 



* For the calendar year. 



