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posed ‘‘the Bye-law to be altered, the proposed 
alteration and the exaét words of any proposed Bye- 
law shall be clearly specified in the notice of any 
such motion.” He thought it would be necessary to 
bring in a motion to rescind rule 8 as far as to allow 
smoking in the gallery. The result, if such a motion 
were passed would be to make it incumbent on the Board 
of Direétors to give effet to it. He must hold with 
Mr. Davis’s point of order, and rule that the present 
motion did not formally comply with the requirements 
relating to the alteration of the Rules of the Society. 
Mr. Hargreaves could give notice of motion in accordance 
with this ruling if he thought fit. 
Mr. Hargreaves said he had already come to two 
meetings in connection with this matter, at considerable 
inconvenience to himself. He had been asked by other 
members to bring it forward; it was not selfishness on 
his part. He did not want to have all his trouble over 
again. 
The Secretary read the following letter from Mr, 
Quelch, Commissioner to the World’s Columbian Expo- 
sition. 
Chicago, April 1cth, 1893. 
L. M. HILL, Esq., Hon. Sec., 
R.A. and C. Society. 
Dear Sir,—I have waited to write till | had a fairly good budget to 
send you. Our exhibits, the first lot I refer to, did not come to hand 
till about the 22nd of March, and it was not till some days after that I 
was able to get hold of them to start work. Those great logs of timber 
have given me an enormous amount of trouble—how much I can 
hardly explain. They were most awkward to handle owing to the loca- 
tion of our space, and they blocked up the entire gang-way. Relying 
onthe measurements given for them, I had had the flooring cut to 
size to let them drop down vertically to the ground, which is 8 feet 
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