RULES OF THE 



BnurmMiuutflj Natural Cnuqncf ^uciefg 



Amended to 30th October, 1909. 



1. — The title of the Society shall be The Bournemouth Natural Title 

 Science Society. 



2. — The objects of the Society shall be the promotion of the study Objects 

 of Science in all its branches, by means of Lectures, Field Meetings, the 

 Reading and Discussion of Papers, and the formation of Sections of its 

 members devoted to any particular branch of the Society's work, or by 



any other means that the governing body of the Society shall deem 

 advisable. 



3. — The Society shall encourage the making of reports on any plant, 

 animal, or object of interest, and where the Society may deem it nec- 

 essary, take such steps as may be advised to secure any such plant, 

 animal, or object of interest from injury, extinction or destruction. 



4. — The Society shall consist of Ordinary, Life, Associate, and Hon- Members 

 orary Members. 



5. — The Ordinary, Life, and Associate Members of the Society shall 

 be proposed by an existing Member, and seconded by another existing 

 Member, and notice shall be sent to one of the Secretaries of the Society 

 of the name and address of the nominee, and the names of the proposer 

 and seconder. Any such proposed new Member shall be voted for at 

 the next ensuing Committee Meeting, and if two-thirds of the Committee 

 present and voting shall vote for the proposed new member, such 

 candidate shall become a Member upon payment of the Annual Sub- 

 scription, and shall receive a card of membership (not transferable) 

 entitling him or her to attend the Meetings of the Society. Members 

 joining during the last two months of the Summer Session shall be given 

 a card of membership to September 30th of the following year. 



6. — Ordinary Members shall pay an Annual Subscription of Seven Ordinary 

 Shillings and Sixpence, due on the first day of October in each year. Members 

 An additional Sectional Subscription of Two Shillings and Sixpence is 

 charged to cover admission to the Meetings and Excursions of the 

 Sections. The Annual Subscription for members of the same family, 



not exceeding four, and residing in the same house shall be Fifteen 

 Shillings, each Member being elected in the usual manner, and each 

 receiving a Card of Membership. 



The Subscription for Life Members shall be Five Guineas. Any Life 

 Ordinary Member who shall have commuted his Subscription, as provided Members 

 for in this Rule, shall become a Life Member, but shall not by reason 

 thereof have any different rights from those of an Ordinary Member. 



7. — Associate Members are those who by payment of an Annual Associate 

 Subscription of Two Shillings and Sixpence are entitled to attend all the Members 

 Ordinary Meetings and Excursions of the Society. They also have the 

 privilege of joining any one particular Section they may select at the 



time of their election, or at the commencement of each Session, their 

 choice being notified by them to the Hon. Treasurer. The following are 

 entitled to become Associate Members, on election by the Committee : — 



