Old Rules. 
4. Upon such application being transmitted to one of the Secretaries, 
the candidate for admission may be elected by the Council, and enrolled 
as a Member or Associate of the Victoria Institute, in such manner 
as the Council may deem proper ; having recourse to a ballot, if thought 
necessary, as regards the election of Members; in which case no person 
shall be considered as elected unless he have three-fourths of the votes in 
his favour. 
5. Application for admission to join the Institute being thus made 
by subscribing Form A, as before prescribed, such application shall 
be considered as ipso facto pledging all who are thereupon admitted 
as Members or Associates to observe the Rules and Bye-Laws of the 
Society, and as indicative of their desire and intention to further its 
objects and interests; and it is also to be understood that only such as 
are professedly Christians are entitled to become Members. 
6. Each Member shall pay an Entrance Fee of One Guinea and an 
Annual Contribution of Two Guineas. A Donation of Twenty Guineas 
shall constitute the donor a Life Member. 
Rules 7-15 (incl. 14¢). 
16. Both Members and Associates shall have the right to be present 
to state their opinion, and to vote by show of hands at all General and 
Ordinary Meetings of the Society ; but Members only shall be entitled to 
vote by ballot, when a ballot is taken in order to determine any question 
at a General Meeting. 
S IV. 
1. A General Meeting of Members and Associates shall be held 
annually on 24th May (being Her late Majesty’s birthday, and the Society’s 
anniversary), or on the Monday following, or on such other day as the 
Council may determine as most convenient, to receive the Report of the 
Council on the state of the Society, and to deliberate thereon; and to 
discuss and determine such matters as may be brought forward relative 
to the affairs of the Society ; also, to elect the Council and Officers for the 
ensuing year. 
