44 A HISTORY OF 



fix a set day for arrears, and those who did not dis- 

 charge their liabilities by the ist of March 1740 were 

 to be considered as no longer members. Meantime, 

 private notices were to be sent, and public ones pub- 

 lished in the papers. After the ist of March, a list 

 composed only of members who had paid up to date 

 was to be printed. A notice from the Society appeared 

 in Pue's Occurrences of November 8, 1740, to the 

 effect that the number of members was not to exceed 

 100; no person to be looked on as a member who 

 did not attend on the following Thursday at the 

 Parliament House, to pay arrears, if due. The first 

 Thursday in the months of November, December, 

 and March were to be the fixed days for election of 

 members. In November came on the question of the 

 better division of the business, and assigning to members 

 the share in it that might be agreeable to each worker. 

 Besides the standing committee of 21, it was decided 

 that several committees were to be appointed, each for a 

 particular purpose, and twenty or thirty members dis- 

 posed to discharge the duties of the various committees 

 were thought to be a sufficient number to serve on them. 

 Four, consisting of seven members each, were suggested. 

 1, Correspondence — on which Lord Abercorn,the Bishop 

 of Kiidare, Dean Maturin, Mr. Ross, Mr. Prior, 

 Dr. Weld, and Dr. Wynne were elected. 2, Experi- 

 ments — Bishop of Clonfert, Sir Thomas Prendergast, 

 Mr. Prior, Dean Maturin, Mr. Maple, Rev. Mr. 

 Percival. 3, Publication — Bishop of Kilmore, Mr. 

 Robert Ross, Mr. Prior, Dean Maturin, Archdeacon 

 Theophilus Brocas, Dean Hutchinson, Dr. Weld. 4, 

 Accounts — Dr. Wynne, Arthur Dobbs, Mr. Fox, Dean 

 Dopping, Bishop of Kiidare, Bishop of Clonfert, Mr. 

 Cramer. The Rev. Dr. Isaac Weld (mentioned above), 

 minister of a Baptist congregation in Eustace street, 



