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date shall be decided to have been elected. It shall be in the power 
of any Mem 1 v*i to demand a Ballot, in which case one negative vote 
in seven shall be sufficient for the rejection of the Candidate. Hon¬ 
orary ? id Corresponding Members and Associates shall be proposed 
b\ the Council only, but otherwise be elected in the same manner as 
Ordinary Members. 
5. —Ordinary Members shall, on election, pay to the funds of the 
Society Eight Shillings, and thereafter annually, within One Month 
from March 1st, the sum of Five Shillings and Sixpence, which sum 
may at any time be compounded for by One Payment of Five Guineas. 
6. —The business of the Society shall be conducted by the 
following Officers, constituting, together with the Trustees, the 
Council, viz. :—A President, Four Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a 
Treasurer, a Curator, an Editor, and Four Councillors, all of whom 
shall be elected annually, but shall be eligible for re-election, with 
the exception of the Two Senior Vice-Presidents and the Two Senior 
Councillors, who shall not be eligible till the expiry of one year from 
their term of Office. » Three Members of the Council shall form a 
quorum. The Officers of the Society shall be nominated by the 
Council at the ordinary Meeting next before the Annual Meeting, 
and their names posted on the Notice Board in the Library. It 
shall be within the power of any Two Members to propose another 
Member in place of any of those nominated by the Council; but 
such proposition must be intimated to the Secretary not less than 
Ten Days before the Annual Meeting, and posted by him at once on 
the Notice Board. In the case of a contested Election the vote shall 
be taken by ballot. 
7. —The whole Property presently belonging to, or which may be 
afterwards acquired by, the Society, whether by donation, or by 
purchase, or in any other way, shall presently vest in, and be held for 
behoof of the Society by, a body of Trustees, four in number. The 
Trustees shall continue in office as long as they shall remain Members 
of the Society, and, in the event of a vacancy occurring in the body, 
it shall immediately be filled up by the Society. The Trustees shall 
have the sole control and management of the present and future 
Furniture, Scientific Specimens, Books, and other Articles, which 
belong or may belong to the Society. The Trustees shall be ex-officio 
Members of Council. 
8. —In the event of any surplus arising from the Annual Voluntary 
Contributions, Subscriptions, Donations, or other Income, or Funds 
of the Society, the same shall be applied in furtherance of the objects 
of the Society, as above stated, and no part thereof shall be applied 
in making any dividend, gift, division, or bonus in money unto, 
between, or among any of the Members of the Society. 
9. —The Ordinary Meetings of the Society shall be held once a 
month from November to May inclusive. Five Members shall form 
a quorum. At these Meetings the order of business shall be as 
follows :—1 st, Minutes of preceding Meeting and of any Meetings of 
Council read, and, if approved of, signed by the Chairman. 2nd, 
