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by an authorised agent, to the Librarian, provided the application is made 
within five years after the date of publication. 
CONSTITUTION OF COUNCIL. 
XVII. 
The Council shall consist of a President, six Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, 
a G-eneral Secretary, two Secretaries to the Ordinary Meetings (the one repre- 
senting the Biological group and the other the Physical group of Sciences),* a 
Curator of the Library and Museum, and twelve ordinary members of Council. 
ELECTION OP COUNCIL. 
XVIII. 
The election of the Council and Office-Bearers for the ensuing Session shall 
be held at the Statutory Meeting on the fourth Monday of October. The list of 
the names recommended by the Council shall be issued to the Fellows not less 
than one week before the Meeting. The election shall be by Ballot, and shall 
be determined by a majority of the Fellows present and voting. Scrutineers 
shall be nominated as in Law IV. 
XIX. 
The President may hold office for a period not exceeding five consecutive 
years ; the Vice-Presidents, not exceeding three ; the Secretaries to the Ordinary 
Meetings, not exceeding five ; the General Secretary, the Treasurer, and the 
Curator of the Library and Museum, not exceeding ten ; and ordinary members 
of Council, not exceeding three consecutive years. 
XX. 
In the event of a vacancy arising in the Council or in any of the offices 
enumerated in Law XVII, the Council shall proceed, as soon as convenient, to 
elect a Fellow to fill such vacancy for the period up to the next Statutory 
Meeting. 
* The Biological group includes Anatomy, Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Pathology, 
Physiology, Zoology ; the Physical group includes Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics, 
Metallurgy, Meteorology, Physics. 
