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plca of not being acquainted witli tlicm, or of not having 
received a copy of them. 
13. No Governor or Member, not being a Member of the AU'aiis of the 
Council, shall have any right of interference or control in or 'socictw 
over the management of the affairs, or of the hereditaments or 
effects of the Society, otherwise than at the General Meetings, as 
hereinafter specified. 
General Meetings. 
14. Tublic notice of the two General Meetings of the Society Gcne.nl Mcet- 
Avhich are annually held in London, shall be given in such news- 
papers as the Council may decide ; and all elections (excepting 
that of the Council) and resolutions proposed at those meetings 
shall be determined by a show of hands. The General Meeting 
in December shall be held at such date in that month, and the 
Annual Meeting in the country at such time and place, as the Country Meet- 
Council may decide. The place of Meeting in the country shall 
be settled by the Council on the first Wednesday in May, and 
declared at the ensuing General Meeting in the year preceding 
such Meeting. At every General Meeting in London, a report 
and financial statement from the Council shall be read, and any 
G overnor or Member present may propose any questions to the 
Council respecting the matters contained in such report, and 
comment thereon, and on such other matters relating to the 
Government of the Society, and the management of its affairs, as 
to him may seem proper. Governors and Members only, or ^ ^ ^ 
individuals bearing the President's written order, will be allowed present, 
to be present at the General Meetings, each person giving his 
name in writing on being admitted. 
15. At the General Meeting in May, the election of the Presi- ^'"''e of elect- 
dent, Vice-Presidents, and Trustees shall take place, before the "nd c'o^un'c!"* 
commencement of any other business, by a show^ of hands. The 
election of the twenty -five Members of the Council, who are to 
replace the twenty-five Members who retire by rotation, shall 
immediately afterwards take place in the following manner : — 
a. A list of the Members of the Council who retire by rotation, ^It^nitei-s of 
J ' Council, 
but who may be re-elected, shall be prepared on or before 
the 1st of May, for inspection by the Members at the 
rooms of the Society. 
I). The Council shall prepare on the first Wednesday in May, House list. 
a list of the twenty-five Governors or Members whom 
