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Institute of Victoria President, Captain Clarke, R.E. ; vice-presidents, 

 his Honor Mr. Justice Barry and Godfrey Ilowitt, Esq., M.D. ; council, 

 the present members of the council of the Philosophical Society and of 

 the Victorian Institute ; treasurer, D. E. Willde, Esq., AI.D. ; honorary 

 secretaries, S. Wekey,Esq., R. B. Smyth, Esq., W. B. Gibbons, Esq, 



That the members of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria shall 

 consist of fellows, resident and honorary members. That fellows shall 

 be elected from among the resident members by ballot, at the monthly 

 meetings of the society ; the proportion of votes for deciding the 

 election of fellows to be at least four-fifths of the members voting. That 

 resident members be admitted on application to, and approval by the 

 council. 



That honorary membership shall be considered one of the highest 

 marks of distinction the society can confer. 



That the objects of the Philosophical Institute shall be as stated in 

 the prospectus of the Philosophical Society, viz. : — The objects of the 

 society shall embrace the whole field of science, with a special reference 

 to the cultivation of those departments that arc calculated to develope 

 the natural resources of the countr^^ 



That the mode of operation stated in the prospectus of the Philo- 

 sophical Society be adopted, with some addition, viz. : — The objects of 

 the society Aviil be carried out by original researches conducted by the 

 members, and by original papers, to be read at the periodical meetings, 

 and published under the direction of the socictj^ ; and by such other 

 means as may be deemed expedient. 



That the principle set forth in the paragraph headed Bye laws and 

 Regulations/' in the prospectus of the Philosophical Society, viz. : — 

 " The society shall lie definitely established on the principle of the 

 Royal Society of London, as far as the existing bye-laws and regulations 

 of that Society may be applicable to the present local circumstances of 

 Victoria," — be rejected, inasmuch as the regulations of the Royal Society 

 of London forbid the discussion of papers read at general meetings, — 

 such discussion being deemed desirable, and forming an essential part of 

 the scheme of the Victorian Institute. That bye-laws and regulations 

 be therefore framed hereafter by the Philosophical Institute. 



That with regard to the property of the society, the specimens of 

 natural history contributed to the society shall be considered the property 

 of the National Museum until otherwise ordered and resolved by the 

 annual general meeting of the society. 



That the resolution of the annual general meeting, shall not ex- 

 tend to those specimens that are found in actual possession of the 

 society at the time of such resolution being brought in, such specimens 

 being already the property of the National Museum; but merely to such 

 specimens as may be collected after the date of the said resolution being 

 made. 



That every paper, plan, model, &c., presented to the society shall be 

 considered the property thereof, unless there shall have been made some 

 previous arrangements with the donor; and the council may publish 

 such paper, and a description of such plan or model, any time they think 

 proper. 



No member shall publish on his own account, or give his consent for 

 publication of, any written communication read to the society, without 

 the previous consent of the council. 

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