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the Committee. Five to form a quorum. No Member of Committee to be 

 eligible for re-election wbo has not attended at least one fourth of the Committee 

 Meetings during bis year of office. Tbat tbe office of President, or that of Vice- 

 President, shall not be held by tbe same person for more than two years in 

 succession. 



VI. 



Tbat tbe Members of tbe Club sball bold at least Six Field Meetings 

 during tbe year, in tbe most interesting localities, for investigating tbe Natural 

 History and Arcbseology of Ireland. Tbat tbe place of meeting be fixed by tbe 

 Committee, and tbat five days' notice of eacb Excursion be communicated to 

 Members by tbe Secretaries. 



VTI. 



Tbat Meetings be beld Fortnigbtly or Montbly, at tbe discretion of tbe 

 Committee, for tbe purpose of reading papers ; sucb papers, as far as possible, 

 to treat of tbe Natural History and Arcbaeology of tbe district. Tbese Meetings 

 to be beld during tbe montbs from November to April inclusive. 



IX. 



Tbat tbe Annual Meeting be beld during tbe montb of April, wben tbe 

 Eeport of tbe Committee for tbe past year, and tbe Treasurer's Financial 

 Statement sball be presented, tbe Committee and Officers elected. Bye-laws 

 made and altered, and any proposed alteration in tbe general laws, of wbicb a 

 fortnigbt's notice sball bave been given, in writing, to tbe Secretary or Secre- 

 taries, considered and decided upon. Tbe Secretaries to give tbe Members due 

 notice of sucb intended alteration. 



X. 



Tbat, on tbe written requisition of twenty- five Members, deKvered to tbe 

 Secretaries, an Extraordinary General Meeting may be called, to consider and 

 decide upon tbe subjects mentioned in sucb written requisition. 



XI. 



Tbat tbe Committee be empowered to exchange publications and reports, 

 and to extend tbe privilege of attending tbe Meetings and Excursions of tbe 

 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club to members of kindred societies, on similar 

 privileges being accorded to its Members by sucb other societies. 



