RULES. 
1. The objects of " The Forkic;n Bird Club " shall be the mutual 
encouragement and assistance of the members in keeping and breeding all 
species of Birds, and the exhibiting oi Foreign Birds and the improvement 
of Shows in regard to them. 
2. The Club sli:ill be composed of members. Every member shall 
pay an entrance fee of 5s., and an annual subscription of 20s. Subscrip- 
tions shall be due ;ind payable in advance on the 1st of Januarj- in each 
year. If any member's subscription shall be more than three months overdue, 
he shall be suspended from all benefits of the Club, and if more than nine 
months overdue, notice of his having ceased to be a member of the Club, and 
of the cause, may be published in Notices to Members; and on such notice 
being published he shall cease to be a member accordingly, but his liubility 
for overdue subscriptions shall conliniic. 
3. New Members shall be proposed in writing by a Member of the 
Club ; and the name and address of every person thus proposed, with the 
name of the person proposing him, shall be published in the Notices to Mem- 
bers. Unless the Candidate shall, within fourteen days after the publication 
of his name, be objected to by at least two Members, he shall be duly elected. 
If two or more Members shall lodge with either of the Secretaries objections 
to any Candidate he shall not be elected, but the signature to the signed 
objections must be verified by the Scrutineer. The Secretaries and the 
Scrtitineer shall not disclose the names of the objectors. 
4. Any member wishing to resign at the end of the current year of 
the Club shall give notice of intention to one of the Secretaries before the 
3Tst of December, and in default of such notice he shall be liable for the 
follozvitig year's subscription. 
5. The Officers of the Club shall be elected from the Members, and 
shall consist of a President, one or more Vice-presidents, an Auditor, a 
Scrutineer, one or more Secretaries, a Treasurer, a V^eterniary Surgeon, a 
Council of Twenty-four Members and such number of Judges as .shall from 
time to time be determin.ed by the Council. The Editor, Secretaries, Treas- 
urer, President and Veterinary Surgeon shall he cx-officio members of the 
Council. 
Three Members of the Council shall retire annually by seniority, but 
are eligible for re-election. The Editor, Secretaries, and Treasurer shall be 
elected trieni.ally. The Council and Judges 'hall be elected in a manner 
hereinafter provided. The other officers shall be elected annually at .1 
meeting of the Council, immediately after their own election. 
6. The election for the three annual vacancies on the Council, and the 
Judges, shall take jilace every year between the isth November and the 5th 
