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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 tke Institute being thus made 
by subscribing Form A, as before prescribed, such application shall 
be considered as zpso 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. 
7. Each Associate shall pay an Annual Contribution of One Guinea. 
A donation of Ten Guineas shall constitute the donor a Life Associate. 
8. The Annual Contributions shall be considered as due in advance 
on the Ist day of January in each year, and shall be paid within three 
months after that date; or, in the case of new admissions, within three 
months after election. 
9. Any Member or Associate who contributes a donation in one sum 
of not less than Sixty Guineas to the funds of the Institute shall be 
enrolled as a Vice Patron thereof, and will thus also become a Life 
Member or Life Associate, as the case may be. 
10. Should any member of the Royal Family hereafter become the 
Patron, or a Vice-Patron, or Member of the Institute, the connexion 
shall be regarded as purely Honorary ; and none of the Rules and Bye- 
Laws relating to donations, annual contributions or obligations to serve 
in any office of the Society, shall be considered as applicable to such 
personages of Royal Blood. 
11. Any Member or Associate may withdraw from the Society at any 
time, by signifying a desire to do so by letter, addressed to one of the 
Secretaries ; but such shall be liable for the contribution of the current 
year, and shall continue liable for the annual contribution, until all sums 
due to the Society from such Member or Associate shall have been paid, 
and all books or other property borrowed from the Society shall have 
been returned or replaced. 
12. Should there appear cause, in the opinion of the Council, for the 
