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the question was again discussed at this Anniversary, and 

 the following minute on the subject gives the result : 

 " It appearing to be the wish of several members that the 

 Club should continue to hold its weekly meetings without 

 adjournment, pursuant to the Qth rule in the printed list 

 of Regulations, the Treasurer was requested to give the 

 necessary instructions accordingly/' 



It was likewise resolved that " upon any gentleman 

 becoming entitled from his official station in the Royal 

 Society to be a Member of this Club, the Treasurer be in- 

 structed to ask him whether it be his intention to take 

 advantage of such privilege and to become permanently a 

 subscribing member/' 



A further special General Meeting for the purpose of 

 dispatching the business that was left unfinished at the 

 Anniversary was held on July 7th, when twenty members 

 attended and the President took the chair. The following 

 resolutions were then adopted : 



" i. That any foreigner who shall be invited to the Club by any 

 of the Members, shall not be required to pay for his dinner. 



2. That any Member shall continue to belong to the Club, 

 without being liable to the payment of any annual contribution, 

 if he has been absent on public service from London, or travelling 

 abroad. 



3. That no Member shall vote at an election unless he shall 

 have attended three meetings of the Club, subsequently to the last 

 Anniversary. 



4. That every newly-elected Member of the Club shall pay the 

 annual contribution to the expense of the Club for the year succeed- 

 ing his election, in addition to his admission fee of two guineas. 



5. That the Treasurer be requested to cause a sufficient number 

 of the Rules of the Club, together with a List of the present Mem- 

 bers, to be printed, and to forward a copy of the same to each Member 

 of the Club." 



Consideration was likewise given to the rule of the Club 

 with regard to the introduction of visitors which ran as 

 follows : " Every Member bringing a visitor shall write his 

 name under his own, to be laid on the table ; and no visitor 

 can be admitted into the room until this regulation shall 

 have been complied with/' " It appeared that this rule 



