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APPENDIX. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



|^ielir§;atttraIist.s'^e(tiott of t^ejogal c^odetg 



1884-85. 



EULES OF THE EIELD NATUEALISTS' SECTION. 



1. The general management of this Section shall be controlled by a 

 Chairman, two Vice- Chairmen, a Secretary, and a Committee of eight, five 

 to form a quorum. 



2. The Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, and Committee shall be elected at the 

 annual meeting in October. 



3. The Chairman shall not be eligible for office for more than two con- 

 secutive years, and one of the Yice-Chairmen shall retire each year. 



4. Candidates for admission, not being members of the Eoyal Society, 

 must be proposed and seconded by two members of the Section at one 

 meeting, and be balloted for at the next ensuing meeting ; one black ball 

 in five to exclude. 



5. Evening meetings shall be held on Tuesdays, at the discretion of the 

 Committee of Management, for the purpose of reading papers, dealing with 

 the natural history of Australia (more particularly of the neighbourhood of 

 Adelaide), or for the purpose of mutual instruction. 



6. There shall be at least eight Field Meetings during the year ; the time 

 and place to be arranged by the Committee. 



7. At the annual general meeting a statement of accounts shall be sub- 

 mitted by the Secretary and duly certified by two auditors appointed at the 

 previous ordinary meeting, preparatory to being handed to the Treasurer of 

 the Eoyal Society. 



8. The Section may from time to time elect as honorary members those 

 who have been proposed and seconded in the usual way, and have been 

 unanimously elected by ballot. This shall also apply to corresponding 

 members. 



9. Any member owing the subscription to the Section and neglecting to 

 pay the same on or before the first day of January, shall be liable to have 

 his name removed from the list of members of the Section ; provided always 

 that written application for the same shall first have been made by or on 

 behalf of the Treasurer of the Royal Society ; and, provided also, that the 

 Committee shall have power to restore the defaulter's name at his request, 

 after payment of arrears. 



10. The rules and regulations of the Section shall not be altered unless a 



