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of Belgium, to be called, The Central Society of Emulation. The society's year 

 to commence on the 1st January and end 31st December of each year. 



Art. 2. The institution of the society has for its aim (a) To bind and con- 

 solidate the bonds of brotherhood by which all amateurs are united; (b) to 

 regulate the assembling, and to determine the formation of juries ; (c) to form 

 measures of emulation in order to stimulate more and more the zeal and devoted- 

 ness of all the amateur canary fanciers of the kingdom. 



Chapter II. Admission Society's Funds. 



Art. 3. The election of candidates as members of the society shall take place 

 on written application to the committee, who shall decide on the admissibility of 

 the applicants. 



Art. 4. The subscription shall be 75 centimes (7|d.), which shall be paid in 

 advance quarterly, either in money to the treasurer, who will give a receipt, or 

 by P.O.O. in the name and to the address of the president, in which latter case 

 the P.O.O. shall be held as proof of payment. 



Art. 5. Any member who, at the expiration of three months from the time 

 fixed for the payment of the subscription, may not have paid, will be considered 

 no longer a member of the society. 



Art. 6. The society's funds shall be applied to the payment of premiums, 

 expenses of meeting, and the charges of correspondence, office rent, 4o. 



Chapter III. Colours and Insignia.- 



Art. 7. The colours and insignia adopted as distinctive marks of the Central 

 Society and by its members shall be yellow and blue, with embroidered roses, and 

 a silver medal, having upon its face the emblem of the society in vermilion, 

 encircled by the inscription, " Central Society of Emulation of the Amateurs of 

 Canaries of the Kingdom of Belgium," and on the reverse, two Fringilla canaries, 

 perched on an olive branch, and encircled by the device Peace Union Progress. 



Art. 8. The wearing of insignia to be determined as follows : (a) All members 

 of the Central Society may wear at the buttonhole the medal, suspended by a 

 ribbon of the colours above noticed ; (b) members of the committee and of the 

 jury shall so wear the medal in saltier, with ribbon of the same colours; (c) the 

 president and vice-president shall wear in addition the colours of the Central 

 Society, scarfwise or crosswise. 



Chapter IV. Meetings Assemblies Juries. 



Art. 9. A general show of canaries among all the members of the society shall 

 take place about February in each year. To participate in the show it is requisite 

 to have been a member of the society for the whole of the previous year. 



Art. 10. The order and locality where the shows shall be held shall be decided 

 by drawing lots. All the members of the Central Society indiscriminately may 

 enter the list, but for a town to enjoy the right to obtain a place it must have H 

 society of ten members at least, being members of this society. 



Art. 11. Delegates of societies adhering to the present rules shall meet at least 

 once a year, at a general meeting to be hold at Brussels, in order to settle the com- 

 position of juries, the basis of shows and the prizes. Societies failing to comply 

 must abide by the decision of the members present. 



Art. 12. No society shall send more than two members as delegates to the pene'al 



