Council, on receiving a written authority from the 

 Chairman of the Meeting, keep a detailed account of 

 all receipts and expenditure, prepare a balance sheet to 

 be laid before the Council and included in their 

 Annual Report, and produce his books if called on by 

 the Council. 



The Treasurer shall issue the Notices required by 

 Rules xxv and xxvi. 



XVI. The Secretary shall conduct the correspon- Duties of Secra, 

 dence of the Institute and of the Council, attend 



all Meetings of the Institute and of the Council, take 

 minutes of their proceedings and enter them in the 

 proper books ; he shall inscribe the names and addresses 

 of all Members in a book to be kept for that purpose, 

 from which no name shall be erased except by order of 

 the Council ; he shall issue Notices of all Meetings of 

 the Institute and of the Council, shall have the custody 

 of all papers of the Institute, and under the direc- 

 tion of the Council superintend the printing of the 

 Transactions of the Institute, and the correction of the 

 press. 



He shall make all preparations for the Meet- 

 ings of the Institute. 



XVII. The Council shall meet one week before J^^f of 

 every ordinary meeting of the Institute. Notice of such 

 meetings shall be sent to every member at least two 



days previously. No business shall be transacted at 

 any meeting of the Council unless five members be 

 present. 



XVIII. The Secretary shall call a Special Meeting ^^Meetings 

 of Council on the authority of the President or of three 

 members of Council. The notice for such meeting 



shall specify the object for which it is called, and no 

 other business shall be entertained. 



XIX. The Council shall annually prepare a report Annual Report, 

 of the proceedings of the Institute during the past 



year embodying the balance sheet duly audited and a 

 statement of the present position of the Institute. 

 This report shall be laid before the Institute at the 

 General Meeting in December. No paper shall be 

 read at this meeting. 



