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paper with more than the maximum number of crosses for the 

 year's election will be accepted. These papers must be returned 

 so as to reach the Society's rooms in time for the meeting re- 

 ferred to in Rule 6. 



5. The voting papers mentioned in Rule 4 shall be en- 

 closed unsigned in a separate sealed envelope which shall be for- 

 warded in an outer cover with a covering letter signed by the 

 Fellow. 



6. There shall be a meeting of Fellows in the first week 

 in January at which the voting papers shall be opened and 

 counted as the Chairman directs, and the names of such candi- 

 dates as receive a majority of the votes of the Fellows voting 

 shall be placed before the meeting. 



7. If more than the maximum number to be elected have 

 received the qualifying vote, those receiving the highest number 

 of votes shall be proposed for the vacancies. 



8. In the event there being a tie for the last vacancies, 

 the Fellows present at the meeting shall decide which of the 

 candidates receiving the same number of votes shall be proposed 

 to the Council for nomination to the Society for a Fellowship. 



9. These nominations shall be laid before the Council at 

 the January meeting in the fourth week, and the Council shall 

 finally make the nomination. 



10. The nominations shall be read out to the members at 

 the Ordinary Annual Meeting in February, and voting papers 

 shall be provided for each member present, who shall record 

 his vote in the same manner and under the same conditions as 

 for the officers and members of Council of the Society. 



Annivers 



Rules regarding the award of the Barclay 



Memorial Medal. 



1. The medal will be awarded each alternate year at the 



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Wednesday 



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2. The medal will be bestowed on that individual who, 

 not having been a recipient of the medal during the preceding 

 seven years, shall be deemed by the Council of the Asiatic 

 Society to have made, up to the 31st of December next preced- 

 ing the award, the most meritorious contribution to Medical 

 or Biological Science with special reference to India. 



3. The Council will at the meeting next preceding the 

 General Meeting in November, appoint a Special Committee of 

 hve members of the Society who shall include the Biological 

 Secretary to the Society for the time being. 



4. This Special Committee shall be termed the " Barclay 

 Memorial Medal Committee," and the Biological Secretary ot 

 the Society, its only ex-officio member, shall be its Convener 



