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of the Society, and to deliberate thereon ; and to discuss and 

 determine such matters as may be brought forward relative to 

 the affairs of the Society ; also, to elect the Council and Officers 

 for the ensuing year. 



2. The Council shall call a Special General Meetjng of the 

 Members and Associates, when it seems to them necessary, or 

 when required to do so by requisition, signed by not less than 

 ten Members and Associates, specifying the question intended 

 to be submitted to such Meeting. Two weeks^ notice must 

 be given of any such Special General Meeting ; and only the 

 subjects of which notice has been given shall be discussed 

 thereat. 



B. The Ordinary Meetings of the Society shall usually be 

 held on the first and third Monday evenings in each month, 

 from November to June inclusive, or on such other evenings 

 as the Council may determine to be convenient; and a printed 

 card of the Meetings for each session shall be forwarded to 

 each Member and Associate. 



4. At the Ordinary Meetings the order of proceeding shall 

 be as follows: — The President, or one of the Vice-Presidents, 

 or a Member of the Council, shall take the chair at 8 o^clock 

 precisely, the minutes of the last Ordinary Meeting shall be 

 read aloud by one of the Secretaries, and, if found correct, 

 shall be signed by the Chairman ; the presents made to the 

 Society since their last Meeting shall be announced ; the names 

 of new Members and Associates shall be read ; and any other 

 communications which the Council think desirable shall be 

 made to the Meeting. After which, the Paper or Papers 

 intended for the evening^s discussion shall be announced and 

 read, and the persons present shall be invited by the Chair- 

 man to make any observations thereon which they may wish 

 to offer. 



5. The Papers read before the Society, and the discussions 

 thereon, fully reported, shall be printed by order of the Council; 

 or, if not, the Council shall, if they see fit, state the grounds 

 upon which this Rule has been departed from, in the printed 

 Journal or Transactions of the Society. 



