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Council, who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting 

 of the Members and Associates of the Institute. But, in the 

 interval between two annual meetings, vacancies in the Council 

 may be filled up by the Council from among the Members of 

 the Society ; and the Members chosen as Trustees of the funds 

 of the Institute shall be ex officio Members of Council. 



3. Any person desirous of becoming a Member or Associate 

 shall make application for admission by subscribing the Form A 

 of the Appendix, which must be signed by two Members of the 

 Institute, or by a Member of Council, recommending the can- 

 didate for admission as a Member ; or by any one Member of 

 the Institute, for admission as an Associate. 



4. Upon such application being transmitted to one of the 

 Secretaries, the candidate for admission may be elected by 

 the Council, and enrolled as a Member or Associate of the 

 Victoria Institute, in such manner as the Council may deem 

 proper; having recourse to a ballot, if thought necessary, as 

 regards the election of Members ; in which case no person 

 shall be considered as elected unless he have three-fourths of 

 the votes in his favour. 



5. Application for admission to join the Institute being thus 

 made by subscribing Form A, as before prescribed, such appli- 

 cation shall be considered as ipso facto pledging all who are 

 thereupon admitted as Members or Associates to observe the 

 Rules and Bye-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. 



6. Each Member shall pay an Entrance Fe e of One Guinea, 

 and an Annual Contribution of Two Guineas. A Donation of 

 Twenty Guineas shall constitute the donor a Life Member. 



7. Each Associate shall pay an Annual Contribution of One 

 Guinea. A donation of Ten Guineas shall constitute the 

 donor a Life Associate. 



8. The Annual Contributions shall be considered as due in 

 advance on the 1st day of January in each year, and shall be 



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