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Meeting on May 22 of last year, and were enacted at the 
Council Meeting which took place on May 31, 1905. Under’ 
these new Bye-laws, each County in England is constituted a 
“ division ” or electoral district, with the addition of three 
“ divisions ” for Wales, one “ division ” for Scotland, and one 
“ division ” for Ireland (Bye-law 78). A County or “ division ” 
comprising less than 300 Governors and Members returns one 
ordinary Member of the Council by the votes of the Governors 
and Members residing therein. A County having 300 or more 
Members resident therein returns two Councillors, with an 
additional Councillor for every additional 200 Governors and 
Members (Bye-law 79). 
11 . The first election of ordinary Members of Council under 
the Supplemental Charter, took place during the month of 
July, 1905, and the results of -such election were reported 
to the General Meeting on August 1, 1905, in order that 
the Meeting might, in accordance with Bye-law 74, “take 
cognisance of the election of ordinary Members of the Council 
in place of those vacating office.” There were 48 divisions 
entitled, under the new system, to elect ordinary Members of 
the Council, 43 of these sending up one Member, 4 two 
Members, and 1 (London) three Members ; total, fifty-four 
Members of Council. From four constituencies — Cornwall, 
Dorset, Essex and South Wales — no effective nominations 
had been received at the time of the General Meeting last year, 
and consequently, only 50 Members of the new Council were 
elected. Of these, 26 were Members of the old Council. 
In 29 of the 44 divisions of the Society who had sent these 
50 gentlemen to represent them, there was never more than 
one candidate nominated, and the provisions of Bye-law 84 
therefore applied. In each of four other districts there was 
originally one more candidate than there were vacancies 
to be filled, but one retired before the day of polling 
arrived. In the remaining 11 districts there were contested 
elections, which were conducted by voting papers issued in 
accordance with Bye-law 85. Immediately after the General 
Meeting nomination papers were again sent out to the 
Members resident in Cornwall, Dorset, Essex and South Wales, 
and the vacancies were duly filled up, after contested elections 
in the three last-named Divisions. 
12 . Under Bye-law 82, the whole of the new Council elected 
last year retain office until the forthcoming Annual General 
Meeting on December 12, 1906, when “the Member or Members 
elected by each of the Divisions in such one of the Groups 
of Divisions marked 4 A,’ 4 B ’ and 4 C ’ respectively as shall be 
determined by the Council (by ballot or otherwise) shall retire.” 
A second Group shall retire at the Annual General Meeting 
