XX1T. 



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. 



Duties of Secretaries. 



XXV. The Honorary Secretaries shall perform, or shall cause 

 the Assistant Secretary to perform the following duties : — 



1 . Conduct the correspondence of the Society and Council. 



2. Attend the General Meetings of the Society and the 



meetings of the Council, to take minutes of the proceed- 

 ings of such meetings, and at the commencement of such 

 to read aloud the minutes of the preceding meeting. 



3. At the Ordinary Meetings of the members, to announce 



the presents made to the Society since tlieir last meeting ; 

 to read the certificates of candidates for admission to 

 the Society, and such original papers communicated to 

 the Society as are not read by their respective authors, 

 and the letters addressed to it. 



4. To make abstracts of the papers read at the Ordinary 



General Meetings, to be inserted in the Minutes and 

 printed in the Proceedings. 



5. To edit the Transactions of the Society, and to superintend 



the making of an Index for the same. 



6. To be responsible for the arrangement and safe custody 



of the books, maps, plans, specimens, and other property 

 of the Society. 



7. To make an entry of all books, maps, plans, pamphlets, 



&c, in the Library Catalogue, and of all presentations 

 to the Society in the Donation Book. 



8. To keep an account of the issue and return of books, &c. r 



borrowed by members of the Society, and to see that 

 the borrower, in every case, signs for the same in the 

 Library Book. 



