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careful agriculturalists, of any such fossils, earths or sub- 

 stances, and to promote in every practicable way explora- 

 tions, for the discovery of native substances, either known or 

 presumed to be manures or auxiliaries in fertilising land. 

 They are also to keep minutes of their proceedings, to col- 

 lect models of the best agricultural instruments, and report 

 their usefulness and properties, and cause such models to be 

 deposited in the apartments of the Society ; they are to re- 

 commend to the Society from time to time the offering of 

 premiums, for any discovery or experiment on the foregoing 

 subjects, and to examine into the merits of all claims for 

 premiums and report their opinion thereon, when the Society 

 do not think proper to appoint special committees for that 

 purpose. 



Vm.— DUTY OF THE SECRETARY. 

 The Secretary and his assistant shall have in charge all 

 books and papers of the Society, and keep the same in exact 

 order j they shall register all letters which shall be written 

 by the committee of correspondence, or by themselves, by 

 order of the committee. 



IX.— COMMITTEE OF CORRESPOXDENCE AND ACCOUNTS. 

 At the annual meeting of the Society in January, shall be 

 chosen a committee of correspondence, to consist of five 

 members, any three of whom to be a quorum, for the pur- 

 pose of corresponding with any other Society, or persons, 

 touching the objects which this Society has in view. The 

 same members shall also be a committee of accounts, to re- 

 ceive and adjust all claims against the Society, and their cer- 

 tificate shall authorise the President or a Vice-President, to 

 issue orders on the Treasurer for the payment of them, but 

 nothing herein contained shall preclude the right of the So- 

 ciety to pass or refer any account at a regular meeting. 



X.— TIME OF STATED MEETINGS. 

 The stated meetings of the Society shall be held the third 

 Tuesday of every month. 



XI.— OF RESIDENT AND HONORARY MEMBERS. 



The members of the Society shall be distinguished into 



