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read aloud by one of the Secretaries, and, if found correct, 
shall be signed by the Chairman ; the presents made to the 
Society since their last Meeting shall be announced ; the names 
of new Members and Associates shall be read ; and any other 
communications which the Council think desirable shall be 
made to the Meeting. After which, the Paper or Papers 
intended for the evening’s discussion shall be announced and 
read, and the persons present shall be invited by the Chair- 
man to make any observations thereon which they may wish 
to offer. 
5. The Papers read before the Society, and the discussions 
thereon, fully reported, shall be printed by order of the Council ; 
or, if not, the Council shall, if they see fit, state the grounds 
upon which this Pule has been departed from, in the printed 
Journal or Transactions of the Society. 
6. The Council may at their discretion authorize Papers of 
a general kind to be read at any of the Ordinary Meetings, 
either as introductory lectures upon subjects proper to be 
afterwards discussed, or as the results of discussions which 
have taken place, in furtherance of the 5th Object of the 
Society (§ I.). 
7. With respect to Intermediate Meetings, at which the 
discussions are not necessarily reported, the Council, at its dis- 
cretion, may request any lecturer or author of a paper to be 
read thereat, previously to submit an outline of the proposed 
method of treating his subject. 
8. At the Ordinary Meetings no question relating to the 
Rules or General Management of the affairs of the Society 
shall be introduced, discussed, or determined. 
§ Y. Bye-Laws (Council Meetings). 
1. The Council shall meet at least once every month from 
