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2. The Council shall call a Special General Meeting of the Members 

 and Associates, when it seems to them necessary, or when required to do 

 80 by requisition, signed by not less than ten Members and Associates, 

 sijecifying the question intended to be submitted to such Meeting. Two 

 weeks' notice must be given of any such Special General Meeting ; and 

 only the subjects of which notice has been given shall be discussed 

 thereat. 



3. The Ordinary Meetings of the Society shall usually be held on the 

 first and the Intermediate Meetings on the third Monday evenings in 

 each month, from November to June inclusive, or on such other evenings 

 .■13 the Council may determine to be convenient : and a printed card of 

 the meetings fur each Session shall be forwarded to each Member and 

 Associate. 



4. At the Ordinary and Inteimediate Meetings the order of proceeding 

 shall be as follows : The President, or one of the Vice-Presidents, or a 

 Member of the Council, shall take the chair at 8 o'clock precisely, the 

 minutes of the last Ordinary or Intermediate Meeting shall be read aloud 

 by one of the Secretaries, and, if foiind correct, shall be signed by the 

 Chairman ; the names of new Membeis and Associates shall be read ; the 

 presents made to the Society since their last Meeting shall be announced ; 

 and any other communications which the Council think desirable shall be 

 made to the Meeting. After which, the Paper or Paj^ers intended for 

 the evening's discussion shall be announced and read, and the persons 

 l-tresent shall be invited by the Chairman to make any observations 

 thereon which thej may wish to offer. 



The claims of Members and Associates to take part in a discussion 

 are prior to those of Visitors, The latter when desiring to speak 

 upon any Paper, must first send their cards to the Chairman and 

 ask permission (unless they have been specially invited by the 

 Council " to attend, and join in considering the subject before 

 the Meeting," or are called upon by the Chairman). 1875. 



.5. The Parsers read before the Society, and the discussions thereon, 

 fully reported, shall be printed by order of the Council ; or, if not, the 

 (Council shall, if they see fit, state the grounds upon which this Rule ha.s 

 been departed from, in the printed Journal or Transactions of the Society. 



6. The Council may at their discretion authorise Papers of a genei-al 

 kiud to be read at any of the Ordinary or Intermediate Meetings, either 

 as introductory lectures upon subjects proper to be afterwards discussed, 

 or as the results of discussions which have taken place, in furtherance of 

 the 5th Object of the Society (§ I). 



7. With respect to Intermediate Meetings, tlie Papers read at which 

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