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By Mr. Darnell Davis : — 
To move at the next general meeting, that the subscriptions of mem- 
bers and associates shall, from ist. of January, 1887, be payable quar- 
terly in advance, and that the respective Bye- Laws be altered accord- 
ingly. 
By Mr. J. Minty : — 
1. That of the balance in hand of the funds of the R. A. and C. Society 
at the end of the present year 1886, the sum of three thousand dollars 
($3,000) be reserved for the purposes described in chap, xiv, Premiums, 
(page xvii) of the bye-laws and rules of the R. A. and C. Society, and 
that the Directors be requested to devote their attention thereto early in 
the ensuing year, 1887. 
2. To erase sec. 11 page 20 of the bye-laws of the R. A. and C. 
Society. 
By Mr. C. H. G. Legge :— 
1. That the bye-laws and rules of the Society restricting " associates'* 
to certain classes and to persons whose income does not exceed ^300 
per annum be rescinded and that the byelaws and rules relating thereto 
be altered accordingly. 
2. That the ordinary members of the Society should have the privilege 
of taking out a larger number of volumes of books than now allowed, 
that the distinction between " ordinary members" and " associates ' 
should be that " associates" will only be entitled to the use of the Libra- 
ry and Reading Room, and that the byelaws and rules relating thereto 
respectively be altered accordingly. 
Mr. N. D. Davis called attention to the inconvenience 
of the present hour of meeting, but the chairman ex- 
plained that the early hour was arranged for the conveni- 
ence of country members, in which view those present 
concurred. 
Letters from Mr Walker, Resident Director, London, 
were read, one of them referring to the proposed Impe- 
rial Institute and to Ridgway & Co's bankrupt estate. 
Regarding the latter Mr. Walker wrote :— 
I have to report for the information of the Directors that in conse- 
quence of receiving the accompanying circular from Mr. Lowell Price, 
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