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elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Members and Associate* 

 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 

 Membei^ of the Society : and the Membei*s chosen as Trustees of the 

 funds of the Institute shall be ex oficio Members of Council. 



3. Any pei-son desirous of becoming a Member or Associate sliaU 

 make appHcatioii for admission by subscribing the Foiiu A of the 

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

 hy a Member of Council, recommending the candidate for admission as a 

 Member ; or by any one Member of the Institute, for admission as an 

 Associate. 



4. Upon such applia^tion b-i-ing tniusmitted to one cf 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 Membei-s ; in which case no person 

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

 liis favoiu". 



5. Application for admission to join the Institute being thus made 

 by subscribing Form A, as l>efore prescribed, such application shall 

 be considered as ipso facto pledging all who are thereupon admitted 

 as Members or Associates to observe the Eules and Bve-Laws of the 

 Society, and as indicative of their desii'e and intention to further its 

 objects and interests ; and it is also to be understood that only such a& 

 are professedly Cliristians are entitled to become Members. 



6. Each Member shall jxty an Entrance Fee of One Guinea and an 

 Aimual Contribution of Two Guineas. A Donation ot 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. 



S. The Annual Contributions shall be considered as due in ailvance 

 on the 1st day of January in each year, and shall be paid wirlun three 

 months after that date ; or, in the case of new admissions within th] ee 

 mouths after election. 



9. Any Member or Associate who contributes a donaiit n in one sum 

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



