Colonial Bank of Australasia, to the credit of an 

 account opened in the name of the lloyal Society of 

 Victoria, all cheques against ^vhich shall he sig;ned hy 

 himself and countersigned hy the Secretary. He shall 

 make all payments ordered Ijy the Council, on receiving 

 a written authority from the Chairman of the ^Meeting, 

 keep a detailed account of all receipts and expenditure, 

 prepare a halance sheet to he laid heforc the Council 

 and inclndcd in their Annual Report, and produce his 

 hooks if called on hy the Council. 



The Treasurer shall issue the notices required hv 

 Rules XXY. and XXVI. 



XYI. The Secretary shall conduct the corrcspon- nut'cs of sccre- 

 dcnce of the Society and of the Council, attend all "'^^' 

 Meetings of the Society and of the Council, take 

 minutes of their proceedings, and enter them in the 

 proper hooks ; he shall inscrihe the names and ad- 

 dresses of all ]Memhcrs in a hook to he kept for that 

 pui'pose, from Avliich no name shall he erased except hy 

 order of the Council ; he shall issue notices of all ]Mect- 

 iugs of the Society and of the Council, shall have the 

 custody of all papers of the Society, and, under the 

 direction of the Council, superintend the printing of the 

 Transactions of the Society, and the correction of the 

 Press. 



He shall make all preparations for the ]\f eetings of 

 the Society. 



XVII. The Council shall meet one week hefore M<?c-tinp of 

 every ordinary Meeting of the Society. Notices of 



such meetings shall he sent to every ]\Iemher at least 

 two days previously. No husiness shall he transacted 

 at any Meeting of the Council unless five memhers he 

 present. That any Memher of Council (the President 

 excepted) ahsenting himself from three (3) consecutive 

 Ordinary Meetings of Council, without having ohtaincd 

 leave of ahsence from the Council, shall he coaisidcrcd 

 to have vacated his office, and the election of an olliccr 

 to fill his place shall be proceeded with at the next 

 Ordinary Meeting of Memhers, in accordance with Law 

 XIII. 



XVIII. The Secretary shall call a Special Meeting specmiMootings 



