RULES OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



I. — The name of the Society shall be "The Avicui.turai, Society,"

and its objedl shall be the study of Foreign and British Birds. Poultry,

Pigeons and Canaries shall be outside the scope of the Society.


2, — The officers of the Society shall be eledled annually by the mem-

bers in manner hereinafter provided, and shall consist of a President, one

or more Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretar}^ an Auditor, a Scrutineer,

and a Council of twelve members. The Secretaiy and Treasurer shall be

ex officio members of the Council.


3. — Each member shall paj' an annual subscription of 5/-, to be due

and payable in advance on the ist of November in each year. New

members shall pay an entrance fee of 2/6. Any member whose subscription

or entrance fee shall be four months overdiie shall cease to be a member of

the Society, and notice of his having ceased to be a member, and of the

cause, shall be inserted in the Magazine.


4. — New members shall be proposed in writing ; and the name and

address of every person thiis proposed, with the name of the member

proposing him, shall be published in the next issue of the Magazine.

Unless the candidate shall, within two weeks after the publication of his

name in the Magazine, be objected to by at least two members, he shall be

deemed to be duly elected. If five members shall lodge with the Secretary

objedtions to any candidate he shall not be elected, but the signatures to

the signed objections must be verified b}' the Scrutineer. If two or more

members (but less than five) shall object to any candidate, the Secretary

shall announce in the next number of the Magazine that such objections

have been lodged (but shall not disclose the names of the objectors), and

shall request the members to vote upon the question of the election of

such candidate. Members shall record their votes in sealed letters addressed

to the Scrutineer, and a candidate shall not be elected unless two-thirds of

the votes recorded be in his favour ; nor shall a candidate be elected if five

or more votes be recorded against his election.


5. — The Magazine of the Society shall be issued on the first day of

every month, and forwarded, post free, to each member. The Seci'etary

shall have an absolute discretion as to Avhat matter shall be published in

the Magazine (subject to the control of the Council). The Secretarj' shall

refer all matters of doubt or difficulty to the Council. The decision of the

majority of the Council shall be final and conclusive in all matters.


6. — The election of officers shall take place every year between the

1st and 14th of October. All candidates must be proposed by one member

and seconded by another member (in writing) before thej- shall be eligible for

election ; but this shall not apply to officers willing to stand for re-election

to the same office. All such proposals which have been duly seconded

must be sent to the Secretary before the I4tli of September. The Secretary

shall prepare a voting paper containing a list of the candidates, showing the



