RULES 



Adopted Mat 21, 187S. 



Wheeeas " The Adelaide Philosophical Society " is incor- 

 porated with the South Australian Institution, under the 

 provisions of the South Australian Institute Act, 1863, and it 

 is desirable to consolidate and alter the Pules and Regulations 

 at present existing, it is therefore agreed that the Society shall 

 be governed by the following Eules and Regulations, to the 

 exclusion of all previous rules and regulations : — 



1. The title of the Society is " The Adelaide Philosophical 

 Society." 



2. The objects of the Society are the diffusion and advance- 

 ment of the arts and sciences by the meeting together of the 

 members for the reading and discussion of papers connected 

 with the above subjects, and by other approved means. 



3. The Society shall consist of the present members, and of 

 such persons as shall be hereafter elected members. 



4. The members shall be classed as follows : — Ordinary 

 Members, Corresponding Members, Honorary Members, and 

 Associates, all of whom shall be elected by ballot. 



5. His Excellency the Governor of South Australia for the 

 time being shall be requested to be the Patron of the Society. 



Pees. 



6. Ordinary members shall subscribe £1 Is. per annum, 

 payable in advance on the 1st day of November to the Honorary 

 Secretary. 



7. A member may at any time compound for future annual 

 contributions, that of the current year exclusive, by the pay- 

 ment of the sum of £10 10s. 



8. Ordinary members elected during the first half of the 

 financial year shall, within one month after election, pay the 

 full annual subscription of one guinea ; but if elected during 

 the second half of the year, they shall pay the sum of half a 

 guinea only as subscription for the remainder of the financial 

 year. 



9. Any person who has not paid the year's contribution on 

 or before the 1st day of January shall cease ipse facto to be a 

 member of the Society ; provided always, that written applica- 

 tion for the same shall first have been made bv or on behalf of 



