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(3) Communications from Council. 
(4) Nominations for membership and election of members. 
(5) Donations to be laid on the table and acknowledged. 
(6) Any other format or general business to be dealt with. 
(7) Papers and exhibits. 
(8) Discussions on the various papers and exhibits which 
have been brought before the meeting. 
39. At the General Meetings of the Society nothing relating 
to the regulations or management shall be brought forward, unless 
the same shall have been announced in the notice calling the meeting 
or be otherwise provided for in these Rules. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
40. The Annual Meeting shall be the first meeting held in any 
financial year. The course of proceedings after the Chair has been 
taken shall he as follows: — - 
(1) Reading of the Minutes of the previous Annual Meeting. 
(2) Reading of Nominations of Candidates for Council, ap- 
pointment of Scrutineers, and opening of ballot. 
(3) Presentation and discussion of the Auditors’ Report. 
(4) Presentation and discussion of the Council’s Annual Re- 
port. 
(5) Report of the Scrutineers on the result of the ballot. 
(6) Address of Retiring President. 
41. At the Annual or any General Meeting seven members 
shall constitute a quorum. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETY. 
42. Every paper intended to be read before the Society, of' 
whatever character, must be sent to the Honorary Secretary at least 
seven days before the date of the next ensuing Council meeting, to 
be laid before the Council. It will be the duty of the Council to de- 
cide whether such contribution shall be accepted, and whether it 
shall be read in full, in abstract, or taken as read. The Council 
may obtain an opinion as to the suitability of any paper from any 
person it may select for the purpose. 
43. A Publication Committee, appointed by the Council, shall 
decide whether a paper presented to the Society shall be published 
in the Proceedings. 
44. The original copy of every paper communicated to the 
Society, with its illustrations, shall become the property of the 
Society , unless stipulation he made to the contrary, and authors 
s iall not be at liberty to publish their communicated papers else- 
where, prior to their appearance in the publications of the Society, 
unless permission be given by the Council for so doing. 
