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Opcninr/ of the Society's Library in the Morninq. 



[Nov. 



the operation of Rule 10 B. 



tlie operation of Rule 10 B., and provided 

 that Members who are at present paying 

 Rs. 12 ^er annum, or who shall have paid 

 Rs. 100 as composition, shall not be called 

 on to pay the higher rates. 



II. 



"Present 'Rule. 



Sec. 34 [d). The President, or, in his 

 absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, shall 

 take the Chair. If neither the President, 

 nor one of the Vice-Presidents, be present 

 wdthin fifteen minutes after the hour ap- 

 pointed for the Meeting, the Members pre- 

 sent shall elect a Chairman. 



JPro^Josed Rule, 



Sec. 34 id). The President, or, in his 

 absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, shall 

 take the Chair, or in their absence the 

 Senior Member of the Council. If neither 

 the President, nor one of the Vice-Presi- 

 dents, nor a Member of the Council, be 

 present within fifteen minutes after the 

 hour appointed for the Meeting, the Mem- 

 bers present shall elect a Chairman. 



III. That the following Eule be added after Rule 36. 

 36A. "With reference to the provisions of Act XVII. of 1866 (The Indian 

 Museum Act), Section 3, the Trustees of the Indian Museum on the part of the Society- 

 shall be nominated from among the members of the Council, mth the proviso that on 

 vacation of their seats in the Council they shall resign their Trusteeships.'* 



Messrs. D. Waldie and E. Gay, at the request of the President, collected 

 the voting papers and acted as Scrutineers. 



The Scrutineers then gave the results to the President, who announced, 

 in accordance with the Society's Bye-Laws which require a majority of 

 three-fourths in case Eules are altered, — 



First, that the proposed alteration of Sec. 14 A. was not carried. 



Secondly, that the proposed alteration of Sec. 34 {d) and the addition 

 to Sec. 36 were carried. 



The President then said, he wished to remind the members of the 

 facility which the Council had afforded them of visiting the Library of the 

 Society on Friday mornings at 7 A. M. The time of opening had been 

 altered in consequence of a request made by several members, who had no 

 leisure to consult the Library in the course of the day. Very few members, 

 however, in fact only four, had since June last availed themselves of the early 

 opening. The arrangement was productive of a small outlay ; but the 

 Council had at present no wish to do away with it, at least not during the 

 cold season, and he thought it would be well, again to draw the attention 

 of the members to the convenience that was afforded them of consulting the 

 Library once a week in the morning. 



The President also announced on the part of the Council that during 

 the absence of Capt. J. Waterhouse and Col. Gastrell, Mr. H. Blochmann 



