21. The election of Associates shall be after the same manner 

 as in the case of Fellows. 



22. .Any Associate failing to pay his or her subscription 

 within one month of notice of election, or who shall be three 

 months' in arrear with his or her subscription, shall cease to be 

 an Associate. 



23. Associates shall enjoy all the privileges of Fellows except 

 those of taking part in the management of the affairs of the 

 Society, of voting, and of introducing visitors. 



24. Any Associate shall be entitled to become a Fellow of the 

 Society at the first ordinary meeting following the receipt of 

 his application for Fellowship. 



Local Correspondents. 



25. Local Correspondents shall be persons willing to co-ope- 

 rate with the Society in recording Natural Science phenomena 

 in this province, and shall be appointed by the Council. Such 

 Correspondents shall not exercise the privileges of members, 

 but shall be entitled to a copy of all approved communications 

 from the Local Correspondents, which may be published by the 

 Society. 



Meetings. 



26. Meetings of the Society shall be convened by circular to 

 the members resident in the colony. The circular shall state 

 the subjects to be brought before the meeting, the names of 

 the candidates for membership, and any notice of motion. 



27. Meetings of the Society to be held on days to be fixed by 

 the Council ; and as far as practicable one meeting shall be held 

 in each month. Each meeting to commence at half-past 7 

 o'clock p.m. 



28. The President, or in his absence one of the Vice-Presi- 

 dents, shall take the chair ; and in the event of the absence of 

 all the above, the members present shall elect a Chairman. 



29. The business of the Society's meetings shall be transacted 

 in the following order, unless it be specially decided other- 

 wise : — 



r. The reading and confirming the minutes of the last 

 meeting. 



ir. The nomination of candidates for membership and the 

 election of members. 



in. Vacancies among officers, if any, to be filled up. 



iv. The transaction of the ordinary business. 



v. Motions to be considered, and notices of motion for next 

 meeting to be read. 



vi. The consideration of any special matters which mem- 

 bers may desire to bring forward subject to the ap- 



