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Mr. Legge then moved : — 
That the by-laws and rules restricting " Associates " to certain 
classes and to persons whose income did not exceed .£300 per annum, 
be rescinded, and that the by-laws and rules relating thereto be altered 
accordingly. 
In a speech of considerable length, he combated 
the obje6lions against his motion, raised at the previous 
meeting ; and suggested that now that the Society was 
about to issue a new Catalogue prefaced with a copy of 
the rules, this would be a favourable opportunity for 
amending them where it was necessary or advisable to 
do so. 
Mr. N. Darnell Davis in seconding the motion repeated 
his history of the manner in which the rule was first 
introduced, but questioned its legality, seeing it had 
never been published in the Official Gazette as required 
by the Ordinance of Incorporation. He also questioned 
the right of the Society to gauge the limits of respecta- 
bility by merely a standard of income. 
Mr. Mewburn Garnett thought they were going ahead 
with reformation too fast, and that possibly it might be 
wiser to pause a little for consideration. He therefore 
moved as an amendment that the motion be postponed. 
Mr. Williams seconded the amendment. 
Mr. Legge having stated that he had no objection to 
postponement, Dr. Anderson expressed a desire that the 
matter should be definitely settled at once in one way 
or another, and therefore moved as a second amendment 
that the original motion be put to the meeting. This 
having been seconded by Capt. Duncan, was carried. 
The original motion was then put to the meeting and 
lost. 
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