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twenty-five members of the Society, to consider any specia 

 business thus notified. 



Annual General Meeting — Annual Reports. 



XXVI. The Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be 

 held 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. 



Admission of Visitors. 



XXVII. Every ordinary member shall have the privilege of 

 introducing two friends as visitors to an Ordinary General 

 Meeting of the Society or its Sections, on the following conditions : — 



1. That the name and residence of the visitors, together with 



the name of the member introducing them, be entered 

 in a book at the time. 



2. That they shall not have attended two consecutive meet- 



ings of the Society, or of any of its Sections in the 

 current year. 



The Council shall have power to introduce visitors irrespective 

 of the above restrictions. 



Council Meetings. 



XXVIII. Meetings of the Council of Management shall take 

 place on the last Wednesday in every month, and on such other 

 days as the Council, may determine. 



XXIX. The President or Hon. Secretaries, or any three 

 Members of the Council, may call a meeting of the Council, pro- 

 vided that due notice of the same has been sent to each Member 

 of the Council at least three days before such meeting. 



Absence from Meetings of the Council — Quorum. 



XXX. Any member of the Council absenting himself from 

 three consecutive meetings of the Council, without giving a satis- 

 factory explanation in writing, shall be considered to have vacated 

 his office. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the 

 Council unless three members at least are present. 



