386 ; 



present shall be invited by the Chairman to make any observations 

 thereon which they 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 Papers 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 has been departed from, in the printed Journal or 

 Transactions of the Society. 



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

 general kind 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, the Papers read at 

 which ai-e not necessarily printed nor the discussions reported,* the 

 Council, at its discretion, may request any lecturer or author of a 

 paper to be read thereat, previously to submit an outline of the 

 proposed method of treating his subject. 



8. At the Ordinary or Intermediate Meetings no question 

 relating to the Rules or General Management of the affairs of the 

 Society shall be introduced, discussed, or determined. 



§ Y. Bye-Laxvs (Coancil Meetings). 



1. The Council shall meet at least once every month from 

 November to June inclusive, or at any other time and on such days 

 as they may deem expedient. The President, or any three Members 

 of the Council, may at any time call a special Meeting, to which the 

 whole Council shall be summoned. 



2. At Council Meetings three shall be a quorum ; the decision of 

 the majority shall be considered as the decision of the Meeting, and 

 the Chairman shall have a casting vote. 



3. Minutes of the j)roceedings shall be taken by one of the Secre- 

 taries, or, in case of his absence, by some other Member present, 



* So arranged when the "Intermediate Meetings" were commenced, 

 16th January, 1871. 



