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dividual, nnd those who really feel 
inclined to go into the thing had 
better hand in their addresses to — 
C. Templt, Penistone, near Hud- 
dersfield ; January 19, 1857. 
Local Associations . — Perceiving 
in ‘The Substitute’ for January 
24th your remarks upou Local 
Associations, I am extremely 
anxious to hear the advice you 
will give to a few whom you fitly 
denominate as “brothers of the 
net and pin,” who are endeavour- 
ing to act upon your remarks by 
forming an Entomological Society 
in York, agreeing with your lead- 
ing article that the rules should be 
as few and simple as possible. 
Hoping that I do not encroach 
too much upon your valuable time, 
and in order to give you a better 
insight into the manner we intend 
to manage the Society, I have 
added a sketch of the regulations 
which we are thinking of adopting, 
and if you could assist us by 
making any amendments you will 
much oblige. Rules. — 1. That 
the meetings in connection with 
the society shall be held at “ The 
Bay Horse,” Gillygate, where the 
attendance of the members is par- 
ticularly requested. 2. The an- 
nual meeting will be held on the 
1st of April, when officers shall be 
elected for the ensuing year, viz., 
a president, a vice-president, and 
a committee of .seven ; also a 
treasurer and secretary. 3. The 
monthly meetings shall be held 
the first Monday in each month, at 
eight o’clock in the evening, when 
the members shall be at liberty to 
discuss the proceedings of the so- 
ciety, and to exhibit any speci- 
mens which they think will inte- 
rest the meeting, or make any re- 
marks which will be of use to the 
society. 4. Whenever necessary 
the committee meetings shall be 
held at the conclusion of the 
member’s meeting, when all ne- 
cessary business in connection 
with the society can be transacted 
amongst the committee. 5. There 
shall be a monthly payment of 
sixpence, which shall be paid at 
the commencement of each 
monthy meeting ; and if any 
member omits to pay for three 
successive months his name shall 
be era.sed from the list. 6. If a 
member leaves the society, but 
wishes to re-enter it before six 
months have past, he shall be re- 
quired to pay what is due pre- 
viously to again joining the so- 
ciety. 7. There shall be a library 
in connection with the society, and 
each member can withdraw one 
book each week, which he shall be 
allowed to retain for that period. 
8. The money belonging to the 
society shall be used to provide 
works for the instruction of the 
members, which works shall be 
added to the library. 9. The 
members are expected to use their 
best endeavours in aiding each 
other in the prosecution of their 
researches ; and if any of them 
have duplicates of certain sorts, 
which other members are wanting, 
it is also expected that a prefer- 
ence will be shown to those 
belonging to the society by sup- 
plying their cabinets before assist- 
ing those who have no connection. 
— Robert Anderson, St. Maj- 
tin's - le - Grand, Coney Street, 
York ; February 6, 18.57. 
[We see no objection to these 
rules, except that which provides 
that the meetings should be held 
at a public-house, which should, 
if possible, be amended. There 
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