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"Resolved that the next monthly meeting be held on 

 the 19th January and afterwards at the regular time on the 

 first Monday of each month; also that the secretaries make 

 enquiries as to procuring the Mechanics' Institute room at 

 Dalhousie College for monthly meetings, or some other 

 suitable place. 



"Resolved that at the next meeting each member be 

 entitled to bring a friend. 



"The bye-laws, with some slight ^modifications, were 

 unanimously adopted." 



According to the bye-laws, monthly meetings were to 

 be held for the reading and discussion of papers relating to 

 natural science, and four field meetings were to take place 

 annually. The Institute was to "undertake the publication 

 of lists of the various natural productions of the province, 

 with such observations as their respective authors may deem 

 necessary. That, as far as the funds of the Institute will 

 permit, the president's address, the list of native productions, 

 and a selection of the papers read at the meetings by members 

 be published as the 'Transactions of the Nova Scotian In- 

 stitute of Natural Science' and distributed gratuitously to 

 the memb.ers." 



The admission fee was 20 shillings (afterwards $4.00)- 

 and the annual subscription 10 shillings (afterwards .S2.00), 

 The election of associate members was authorized in October, 

 1863, with an admission fee of 10 shillings and an annual 

 subscription of 5 shillings. 



Those whose names appear on the original roll as elected 

 "26th December, 1862," and who must be taken as the 

 original members, with three exceptions afterwards referred 

 to, are as follows: — Rev. John Ambrose, M. A. (St. Mar- 

 garet's Bay); J. Bernard Gilpin, M. D.; J. R. Willis, 

 (name scratched out and marked "retired Dec. 1863");. 

 Thomas Belt; Capt. C. Hardy, R. A.; Andw. Downs; R. G. 



