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



made responsible for the running of one Regular Excursion, the programme to 

 provide study in the subject appertaining to the Section, and that any 

 additional Special Excursions shall be arranged by the Secretaries of the 

 Sections concerned. 



IX. 



That regular Monthly Meetings be held during the Winter Session from 

 November till April, inclusive, 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. That the Papers to be read be secured by a 

 Standing Organising Committee, consisting of the Hon. Sees, of the Club, 

 together with the Sectional Secretaries and a Chairman. That between the 

 Regular Monthly Meetings of the Club Special Meetings open to all Members 

 of the Club may be held, at which Papers of specialised interest would be 

 discussed. That the Sectional Secretaries shall each be responsible for the 

 providing of a programme for one Regular and one Special Meeting, one 

 Regular and one Special Meeting to be arranged by the Hon. Sees. Any 

 extra Meetings shall be arranged by the Organising Committee, if desired. 

 That the programme for the Winter Session shall be completed by the date of 

 its First Meeting and issued to all Members. That each notification 

 announcing a Regular Meeting or Excursion shall also serve to notify Members 

 of the next Special Meeting or Excursion. 



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. 



That the General Committee may offer from time to time such prize or 

 prizes as they may deem desirable for competition among Schools in or near 

 Belfast 



XI. 



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 alterations 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 each intended alteration. 



XII. 



Members of other Irish Field Clubs, residing temporarily or permanently 

 in or near Belfast, may be enrolled as Members of the Club without election or 

 entrance fee on production of a voucher of membership of another Club, and 



