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or more (not exceeding twenty-four) Ordinary Members of 
Council, who shall be 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 Members of the 
Institute, or by a Member of Council, recommending the can- 
didate 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 his favour. 
5. Application for admission to join the Institute being thus 
made by subscribing Form A, as before prescribed, such appli- 
cation shall be considered as ipso facto pledging all who are 
thereupon admitted as Members or Associates to observe the 
Rules 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 
