1897-98.] 439 



VI. 



The Committee may from year to year appoint a Sectional Committee as 

 may be considered desirable to further original investigations in any one or more 

 departments of the Club's work. Each Sectional Committee to be composed of 

 six Members of the Club, not less than two being members of the Club's Com- 

 mittee. No financial responsibility to be incurred by the Sub-Committee or any 

 officer of the Club without the previous approval of the Club's Committee. Any 

 Sub -Sectional Committee may elect its own Chairman and Secretary from its 

 members. 



VII. 



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. 



VIII. 



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 be original and to treat of the Natural History and Archseology of the district. 

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



IX. 



That the Committee shall, if they fimi 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 excavatioas, if deemed 

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

 exceed the sum of £10 in any one year. 



X. 



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. 



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Members of other Irish Field Clubs residing temporarily or permanently in 

 or near Belfast may be enrolled members of the Club without election or entrance 

 fee on production of a voucher of membership of another Club, and without 

 subscription for the current year on production of a receipt showing that such 



