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



Secretaries, and ten Members, who form a Committee, and shall 

 hold not less than eight Meetings in the year. Five Members to 

 form a quorum. No Member of Committee to be eligible for 

 re-election who has not attended at least one-fourth of the Com- 

 mittee Meetings during his year of office. That the office of 

 President, or that of Vice-President, shall not be held by the same 

 person for more than two years in succession. 



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 Co^mmittee to be composed of six Members of the 

 Club, not less than two being Members of the Club's Committee. 

 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 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 discre- 

 tion 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 Archaeology of the district. These Meetings 

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



IX. 



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, pro- 

 vided 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 



