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of the Session, and enacts that the price of the dinner is 

 not to exceed ten shillings. 



The ninth rule prescribes that candidates for election are 

 to be proposed, and the grounds of their eligibility stated, 

 in writing by three members of the Club, not members 

 of the Committee ; sent to the Treasurer, read to the Club 

 at the next meeting and retained till the anniversary. In 

 case of the number of candidates exceeding that of the 

 vacancies, the Committee is to report to the Club the names 

 of those whom they consider most eligible, and these are 

 to be entitled to priority of ballot. In the event of no 

 excess, or the non-election of recommended candidates, the 

 order of proposal is to be that of voting, and in the event 

 of less than fifteen members being present at an Anniversary 

 Meeting, the election shall be adjourned till the next meeting, 

 when that number shall attend. The tenth rule enacts that 

 all new rules must be proposed by at least three members, 

 notified to the Committee in writing, and read to the Club 

 at not less than two meetings before the Anniversary, 

 when they should be considered, put to the vote, and rejected 

 unless four-fifths of those present (fifteen being a quorum) 

 were in their favour. 



Of the members present, Mr. Grove was appointed 

 Treasurer of the Club, and Prof. E. Forbes, Prof. Graham, 

 Mr. Homer and Dr. Royle were appointed the Committee 

 of Management with the Treasurer, and were authorised 

 to select and invite Fellows of the Royal Society to join 

 the Club until the number of forty-seven was completed. 

 Those who accepted were to be considered original members 

 of the Club. 



At the second meeting, held at Cuttriss' Hotel on May 6th, 

 the Treasurer gave the names of thirteen Fellows who had 

 accepted the invitation of the Committee. 1 Twenty-eight 

 members, including some of those mentioned above, were 

 present at the dinner. 



The attendance at the third meeting, held on June 3rd, 

 also at Cuttriss' Hotel, was twenty-three, and it was 



1 See the list printed on next page. 



