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elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Members and Associates 
of the Institute. But, in the interval between two Annual Meetings, 
vacancies in the Council may be filled up by the Council from among the 
Members of the Society; and the Members chosen as Trustees of the 
funds of the Institute shall be ex officio Members of Council. 
3. Any person desirous of becoming a Member or Associate shall 
make application for admission by subscribing the Form A of the 
Appendix, which must be signed by two Member’s of the Institute, or 
by a Member of Council, recommending the candidate for admission as a 
Member ; or by any one Member of the Institute, for admission as an 
Associate. 
4. Upon such application being transmitted to one of the Secretaries, 
the candidate for admission may be elected by the Council, and enrolled 
as a Member or Associate of the Victoria Institute, in such manner 
.as the Council may deem proper ; having recourse to a ballot, if thought 
necessary, as regards the election of Members ; in which case no person 
shall be considered as elected unless he have three-fourths of the votes in 
liis favour. 
5. Application for admission to join the Institute being thus made 
by subscribing Form A, as before prescribed, such application shall 
be considered as ipso facto pledging all who are thereupon admitted 
as Members or Associates to observe the Buies and Bye-Laws of the 
Society, and as indicative of their desire and intention to further its 
objects and interests ; and it is also to be understood that only such as 
are professedly Christians are entitled to become Members. 
6. Each Member shall pay an Entrance Fee of One Guinea and an 
Annual Contribution of Two Guineas. A Donation of Twenty Guineas 
shall constitute the donor a Life Member. 
7. Each Associate shall pay an Annual Contribution of One Guinea. 
A donation of Ten Guineas shall constitute the donor a Life Associate. 
8. The Annual Contributions shall be considered as due in advance 
on the 1st day of January in each year, and shall be paid within three 
months after that date ; or, in the case of new admissions within three 
months after election. 
9. Any Member or Associate who contributes a donation in one sum 
of not less than Sixty Guineas to the funds of the Institute shall be 
