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Name. 



Objects. 



Members and 

 Honorary Mem- 

 bers. 



Patron. 



Officers. 



Management. 



Ordinary Meet- 

 ings. 



Annual General 

 Meetings. 



Retirement of 

 Officers. 



Election of 

 Officers. 



I. The Society shall be called " The Koyal Society 

 of Victoria." 



II. The Eoyal Society of Victoria is founded for the 

 advancement of science, literature, and art, with 

 especial reference to the development of the resources 

 of the country. 



III. The Royal Society of Victoria shall consist of 

 Members and Honorary Members, Corresponding Mem- 

 bers and Associates, all of whom shall be elected by 

 ballot. 



IV. His Excellency the Governor of Victoria for 

 the time being shall be requested to be the Patron of 

 the Society. 



V. There shall be a President, and two Vice-Presi- 

 dents, who, with twelve other Members, and the follow- 

 ing Honorary Officers, viz., Treasurer, Librarian, and two 

 Secretaries of the Society, shall constitute the Council. 



VI. The Council shall have the management of the 

 affairs of the Society. 



VII. The Ordinary Meetings of the Society shall be 

 held once in every month during the Session, from 

 March to December inclusive, on days fixed by and 

 subject to alteration by the Council with due notice. 



VIII. In the second week in March there shall be a 

 General Meeting, to receive the report of the Council 

 and elect the Officers of the Society for the ensuing year. 



IX. All Office-bearers and Members of Council, 

 except the six junior or last elected ordinary Members, 

 shall retire from office annually at the General Meeting 

 in March. The names of such Retiring Officers are to 

 be announced at the Ordinary Meetings in November 

 and December. The Officers and Members of Council 

 so retiring shall be eligible for the same or any other 

 office then vacant. 



X. The President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secre- 

 taries, and Librarian shall be separately elected by 

 ballot (should such be demanded), in the above-named 



