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enjoy any of the privileges of the Society unless and except the 
Council shall at any time otherwise determine ; and in so far as 
they have been described as Members in the books of the Society 
prior to its incorporation such description shall cease where used, 
and they shall be known and enrolled as Associates of the 
Society. 
7. The Council of the Society may from time to time make such 
regulations as they think fit for the nomination and election of the 
Fellows, Members, and Associates, and for the general conduct of the 
work of the Society. 
8. All subscriptions shall become due on the 1st day of January in 
each year, and be payable before the 31st day of July following. 
9. The Council may at any time establish a branch of the Society 
in any part of the United Kingdom, or in any British Colony or 
Dependency, in such manner and for such purposes and subject to 
such regulations as they may think fit, and may at any time close 
the same. 
10. The Council may bring into affiliation with the Society any 
School, or any Natural History Society, Nature Study, or other 
Scientific Society, on payment of such fees and with such privileges 
as the Council may from time to time determine. 
11. The President shall be entitled to preside at all General 
Meetings of the Society, but the Council may appoint a Chairman to 
preside in his absence. A minute book of the proceedings of all 
General Meetings shall be kept by the Secretary. 
12. Once in every year a General Report of the proceedings and 
work of the Society shall be prepared by the Council and presented 
at the Annual General Meeting. There shall be attached thereto a 
duly certified Statement of Accounts for the year showing the receipts 
and expenditure of the Society, and such Statement of Accounts shall 
be signed by the Treasurer and duly certified by the Auditor or 
Auditors, and every such Auditor shall be a Chartered Accountant. 
13. If any Fellow or Member or Associate shall cease, from any 
cause whatever, to belong to the Society, he or she shall not have any 
interest or claim against the funds or property of the Society. 
14. Subject to the provisions of the Charter of the Society, any of 
these Statutes may at any time be repealed or altered or added to, 
and if any question shall arise as to the construction or meaning of 
any of the Statutes of the Society for the time being, it shall be deter¬ 
mined by the President, whose decision shall be final. 
By Warrant under the King’s Sign Manual. 
muir mckenzie. 
