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beyond any consideration of personal convenience and 

 interest. 



X. ACCOUNTS 



The Accounts of the Society shall be kept by the Treasurer 

 and General Secretary, and be closed on the ... All 

 accounts shall be passed by the Committee, and paid by cheque 

 signed by the Treasurer and Secretary. The Accounts of the 

 Society shall be audited prior to the Annual General Meeting. 



A modification of this Rule will be needed, and where 

 the Annual Meeting date is fixed it will be an easy 

 matter to close the accounts a fortnight or so previously. 



XI. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 



The Annual General Meeting shall be held at such place as 

 the Executive Committee may determine between the first week 

 in October and last week in November, to consider the Financial 

 Statements and Treasurer's Accounts for the past year, to receive 

 the Executive Committee's Report, to elect a President, Vice- 

 Presidents, Chairman, Vice -Chair man, Honorary Treasurer, 

 Auditor, Secretary, and General Committee. Subscribers only 

 'will be allowed to vote whose subscription for the previous 

 year has been paid. 



The practice of fixing a time for the Annual Meeting 

 is to be commended. The above Rule allows a consider- 

 able margin in this matter. If there is a week evening 

 specially convenient for the majority of members, say a 

 Monday, then it should be possible to arrange for the 

 Annual Meeting to be held on the second Monday in 

 October or December. October is a good month for 

 an Annual Meeting, as the holiday season is over, the 

 Chrysanthemum Season is hardly yet begun, there has 

 been time to clear up accounts, and there is plenty of 

 time to prepare for another year. Chrysanthemum 



