240 [Proc. B.N.F.C., 



VI. 



That the Members of the Club shall hold at least Six Field Meetings 

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

 History and Archaeology of Ireland. That the place of meeting be fixed by the 

 Committee, and that five days' notice of each Excursion be communicated to 

 Members by the Secretaries. 



VII. 



That Meetings be held Fortnightly or Monthly, at the discretion of the 

 Committee, for the purpose of reading papers ; such papers, as far as possible, 

 to treat of the Natural History and Archaeology of the district. These Meetings 

 to be held during the months from November to April inclusive. 



VIII. 



That the Committee shall, if they find it advisable, offer for competition 

 Prizes for the best collections of scientific objects of the district; and the 

 Committee may order the purchase of maps, or other scientific apparatus, and 

 may carry on geological and archaeological searches or excavations, if deemed 

 advisable, provided that the entire amount expended under this rule does not 

 exceed the sum of £10 in any one year. 



IX. 



That the Annual Meeting be held during the month of April, -when the 

 Report of the Committee for the past year, and the Treasurer's Financial 

 Statement shall be presented, the Committee and Officers elected, Bye-laws 

 made and altered, and any proposed alteration in the general laws, of which 

 a fortnight's notice shall have been given, in writing, to the Secretary or 

 Secretaries, considered and decided upon. The Secretaries to give the Members 

 due notice of such intended alteration. 



X. 



That, on the written requisition of twenty-five Members, delivered to the 

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

 decide upon the subject mentioned in such written requisition. 



XI. 

 That the Committee may be empowered to exchange publications and 

 reports, and to extend the privilege of attending the Meetings and Excursiona 

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

 similar privileges being accorded to its members by such other societies. 



