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Reports, 
XXXVI. It shall be the duty of the President, Vice-Presidents, 
and Honorary Secretaries to annually examine into and report to 
the Council upon the state of— 
1. The Society’s house and effects. 
2. The keeping of the official books and correspondence. 
3. The library, including maps and drawings. 
4, The Society’s cabinets and collections. 
Cabinets and Collections. 
XXXVII. The keepers of the Society’s cabinets and collec- 
tions shall give a list of the contents, and report upon, the 
condition of the same to the Council annually. 
Documents. 
XXXVIII. The Honorary Secretaries and Honorary Treasurer 
shall see that all documents relating to the Society’s property, 
the obligations given by members, the policies of insurance, and 
other securities shall be lodged in the Society’s iron chest, the 
contents of which shall be inspected by the Council once in every 
year; a list of such contents shall be kept, and such list shall be 
signed by the President or one of the Vice-Presidents at the 
annual inspection. 
Branch Societies. 
XXXIX. The Society shall have power to form Branch So- 
cieties in other parts of the Colony. 
Library. 
XL. The members of the Society shall have access to, and 
shall be entitled to borrow books from the Library, under such 
regulations as the Council may think necessary. 
Alteration of Rules. 
XILI. No alteration of, or addition to, the Rules of the Society 
shall be made unless carried at two successive General Meetings, 
at each of which, twenty-five members at least must be present. 
