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observe the Eules and By-laws of the Society, and as indicative of their 

 desire and intention to further its objects and interests ; and it is also to 

 be understood that only such as are professedly Christians are entitled 

 to become Members. 



8. Each Member shall pay an Entrance Fee of One Guinea, which 

 the Council may from time to time suspend, and an Annual Contribution 

 of Two Guineas. A Donation of Twenty Guineas shall constitute the 

 donor a Life Member. 



9. Each Associate shall pay an Annual Contribution of One Guinea. 

 A Donation of Ten Guineas shall constitute the donor a Life Associate. 



10. The Annual Contributions shall be considered as due in advance 

 on the 1st day of January in each year, or, by resolution of the Council, 

 on the anniversary of election, and shall be paid within three months 

 after that date ; or, in the case of new admissions within three months 

 after election. 



1 1 . Any Member or Associate who contributes a donation in one sum 

 of not less than Sixty Guineas to the funds of the Institute shall be 

 enrolled as a Vice-Patron thereof, and will thus also become a Life 

 Member or Life Associate, as the case may be, 



12. Should any member of the Eoyal Family hereafter become the 

 Patron, or a Vice-Patron, or Member of the Institute, the connexion 

 shall be regarded as purely Honorary ; and none of the Rules and By- 

 laws relating to donations, annual contributions or obligations to serve 

 in any office of the Society, shall be considered as applicable to such 

 personages of Royal Blood. 



13. Any Member or Associate may withdraw from the Society at any 

 time, by signifying a desire to do so by letter, addressed to the Secre- 

 tary ; but such shall be liable for the contribution of the current 

 year, and shall continue liable for the annual contribution, until all sums 

 due to the Society from such Member or Associate shall have been paid, 

 and all books or other property borrowed from the Society shall have 

 been returned or replaced. 



14. Should there appear cause, in the opinion of the Council, for the 

 exclusion from the Society of any Member or Associate, a private 

 intimation may be made by direction of the Council, in order to give 

 such Member or Associate an opportunity of withdrawing from the 



