NATURE NOTES 
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III. — All persons who are willing to promote the objects of 
the Society may become Members or Adherents, on approval by 
the Council, or by the Committee of a Branch. 
IV. — The Council shall have power to remove Members or 
Adherents from the list without assigning a reason therefor. 
V. — The Annual Subscription payable by Members shall not 
be less than Five Shillings, which will entitle them to hold office, 
vote at General Meetings, and receive the Society’s Annual 
Report and its Magazine (Nature Notes). Members may 
substitute one Life Payment of Five Guineas for the Annual 
Subscription, such payment to be invested for the benefit of the 
Society. 
VI. — The Annual Subscription payable by Adherents shall 
not be less than One Shilling ; such Adherents shall not be 
entitled to vote at meetings, hold office nor to receive the Maga- 
zine, but may attend the meetings of the Field Club and shall 
receive the Annual Report. 
VII. — The Officers of the Society shall be a President, Two 
Trustees, Vice-Presidents, Chairman of Council, Treasurer, 
Secretary, Editor of Magazine, Librarian, and Twelve Coun- 
cillors. 
VIII. — The Council of the Society shall consist of the 
Chairman, six Vice-Presidents (nominated by the Council), 
Treasurer, Secretary, Editor of Magazine, Librarian, and 
twelve Councillors, together with Representatives chosen 
annually by the Branches. 
IX. — The President, Trustees, Vice-Presidents, and Council- 
lors shall be elected by the Members at the Annual General 
Meeting, and, excepting the Trustees, shall hold office for one 
year. The Trustees, after their election, shall hold office so 
long as they shall remain Members of the Society. 
X. — The Chairman of Council, Treasurer, Secretary, Editor, 
and Librarian shall be elected by the Council, hold office for one 
year, and be eligible for re-election. 
XL — The Members of the Council shall attend not less than 
one-third of the meetings of the Council held during the 
year, and failing this shall not be eligible for re-election for one 
year. 
XII. — One Member may hold two offices in the Society. 
XIII. — The Council shall have full control over, and manage- 
ment of, the affairs of the Society, shall have power to make 
regulations for that purpose, provided that nothing inconsistent 
with these rules is done thereby, and to fill up vacancies in its 
number. 
XIV. — All investments on behalf of the Society shall be 
made in the name of the Trustees, and all the documents relative 
thereto, including the securities themselves, shall be held by the 
Trustees. Such investments shall be dealt with by them on a 
specific resolution of the Council, and not otherwise. 
XV. — The Secretary shall have charge of the funds applic- 
