OF THE NiLAGIEI DISTRICT. CIX 



ments to which, the parents or guardians are attached ; in the case of 

 Pensioners, through their Paymasters or employers ; and of nomina- 

 tions, through the Donor or Subscriber nominating. Such applications 

 must be addressed to the Secretary, who will furnish printed forms 

 of application and a descriptive roll to be filled up by the applicant. 

 The baptismal certificate of the candidate will also be required with 

 the last pay certificate, if in receipt of the Government allowance. 

 The parents or guardians of candidates whose cases do not answer 

 to any of the foregoing descriptions may apply direct to the Secre- 

 tary. 



13. The Secretary, in announcing the election of a candidate, will 

 fix a reasonable time, to be determined by the Committee, for joining 

 the Institution. If the summons be not attended to, the election will 

 be considered void and another candidate chosen, excepting for reasons 

 which shall satisfy the Committee. 



14. Applications for the removal of children shall be made through 

 the channels prescribed in Rule 12, giving one month's notice. 



15. Illegitimate children, children laboring under any form of 

 disease which is likely to incapacitate them for the ordinary duties 

 of life, the children of fathers not Soldiers of the British Army who 

 are serving or have served in India, and cliildren of Soldiers who 

 have been dismissed the service by sentence of Court Martial are 

 ineligible. 



16. The Government of the Asylum is invested in a Conjmittee of 

 Management, consisting of nine Members, resident for the time being 

 on the Nilgiri Hills, four of whom are appointed by the Government 

 and five elected. 



17. The Lord Bishop of Madras and His Excellency the Commander- 

 in-Chief are connected with the Institution in the capacity of Patrons, 

 and are at liberty at all times to visit the Asylum, and to refer to the 

 Committee, or to the Government, any point which they may consider 

 demanding attention. 



18. The five elective Members shall be chosen by the votes of 

 Donors to the Institution to the amount of Rupees 300, and subscri- 

 bers to the amount of Rupees 50 per annum, resident for the time 

 being within the limits of the Presidency of Madras. Members of 

 Committee, as such, shall be entitled to vote at each election. 



19. A provisional Member shall also be elected, according to the 

 conditions of the preceding rule, to take the place of any vacating 

 elective Member. 



20. The death or resignation of a Member, or his ceasing to reside 

 on the Nilgiri Hills, or his failing to attend four successive monthly 

 Meetings of the Committee without assigning satisfactory reasons 

 shall create a vacancy. 



21. A vacancy, as soon as it occurs, shall be reported by the 

 Secretary to the Committee at their next ensuing regular Meeting ; and 

 if it be that of a Government Member, notice thereof shall forthwith 



