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that tlicy would consider the provisions, and would, either send their 

 votes, or, as usual, attend this meeting for the discussion of the rules. 

 From the non-resident members a large number of voting papers have 

 been received, all, with very trivial exceptions, being in favour of the 

 rules as proposed. These exceptions he would bring before the meet- 

 ing in due course. 



He mentioned these facts, shewing the care with which the rules 

 had been drawn up and discussed, not as, in the slightest degree 

 wishing to restrict discussion on them now,- — he trusted the Members 

 of the Society would give to them as full and detailed consideration 

 as the Committee and Council had, — but merely to express a hope 

 that no trivial or merely verbal alteration would be urged which, 

 without at all affecting the principles involved in the rules, would 

 still necessitate the sending back such alterations for the consideration 

 of the mofussil members. He did not anticipate that the rules were 

 perfect, or that objections .would not arise, but he hoped, that unless 

 these objections appeared important, the rules might be allowed to pass, 

 so that the Council might have them printed off, and circulated to the 

 members. 



With these few preliminary remarks he would now go through the 

 rules seriatim, and with the permission of the meeting he would propose 

 to take them in sections, as they were arranged in the copies before 

 the members, noting as he went along the several alterations which 

 had been introduced, and any alterations which have been suggested. 



Rule 1 was then adopted. 



In Rule 2, clause (a), it had been proposed by one mofussil member 

 that the word thirty be changed to ten. It was stated that members 

 residing within ten miles might be considered as able to take advan- , 

 tage of the privileges of resident members to attend the meetings (fee., 

 but that those resident at a greater distance scarcely could. The 

 alteration was put to the meeting, and rejected. 



Rule 2, was then put, us proposed by the Council, and carried. 



Rules 3, 4, 5 and 6, were then put and carried. 



Rules 7 and 8, were also put to the vote, and carried. 



In rule 9 clause (h) the President stated that it was proposed by one 

 member that the subscription for non-resident ordinary members should 

 be 10 Rs. per annum. Several members expressed an opinion that the 



