BY-LAWS 
Passed at a General Meeting of the Society, held June 7th, 1876. 
Ordinary General Meetings. 
I. An Ordinary General Meeting of the Royal Society, to be 
convened by public advertisement, shall take place at 8 p.m., on 
the first Wednesday in every month, during the last eight 
months of the year; subject to alteration by the Council with 
due notice. These meetings will be open for the reading of 
papers, and the discussion of subjects of every kind if brought 
forward in conformity with the Fundamental Rules and By- 
laws of the Society. 
Annual General Meeting.— Annual Reports.—Election of Officers. 
II. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held annually 
in May, to receive a Report from the Council on the state of 
the Society, and to elect Officers for the ensuing year. The 
Treasurer shall also at this meeting present the annual financial 
statement. 
Election of the Officers and Council. 
III. The Officers and other members of the Council shall be 
elected annually by dallot at the Annual General Meeting to be 
held in May. 
TV. It shall be the duty of the Couneil each year to prepare 
a list containing the names of members whom they recommend 
for election to the respective offices of Vice-Presidents and Hon. 
Secretaries and Hon. Treasurer, together with the names of six 
other members whom they recommend for election as ordinary 
members of Council: The names thus recommended shall be 
proposed at one meeting of the Council, and agreed to at a 
subsequent meeting. 
