(/). The minutes of the last meeting shall be read aloud by one 
of the Secretaries, submitted to the meeting for confirm¬ 
ation, and signed by the Chairman. 
(2) . Any donations to the Society since the last meeting shall be 
announced and exhibited. 
(3) . The names and addresses of Candidates for admission into 
the Society shall be read ; and such as were proposed at 
the last meeting shall be balloted for. 
(4) . Exhibition of specimens, &c., shall be announced by the 
exhibitors, who shall supply written particulars of their 
exhibits to the Secretary and shall be at liberty to make 
observations of reasonable length concerning them. 
(3). Brief communications on any Branch of Natural History 
shall be invited. 
(b). The Paper appointed for the evening shall be read ; after 
which the members present shall be at liberty to make 
observations on the subject dealt with in the paper. 
XY. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. 
A Special General Meeting of the Society shall be convened upon 
the requisition of four members; such requisition to be addressed to 
the Secretaries, and to specify distinctly the purpose for which the 
meeting is to be called. A notice thereof shall be sent to each member 
at least seven days before the meeting is to take place. Should the 
purpose for which the meeting is to be called involve the alteration of, 
or addition to, any one or more of these Rules, the number of members 
signing the requisition shall be six instead of tour. 
XYI. ANNUAL MEETING. 
The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held on the first 
Tuesday in December, when the Treasurer shall read and present his 
Balance Sheet for the past year; one of the Secretaries shall read a 
Report of the General Progress of the Society since the last Annual 
Meeting; and the Officers and Council for the ensuing year (nominated 
at the Ordinary Meeting immediately preceding) shall be balloted for. 
XYII. COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
1. —Ordinary Meetings of the Council shall be held on the first 
Tuesday in February, May, October, November and December, re¬ 
spectively, at 7 p.m. 
2. —A Special Meeting of the Council shall be convened upon the 
requisition of three members of the Council; such requisition to be 
addressed to the Secretaries, and to specify distinctly the purpose for 
which the meeting is to be called. A notice thereof shall be sent to 
each member of the Council at least three days before the meeting is 
to take place. 
XYIII. TRUSTEES. 
The property of the Society shall be vested in two Trustees 
appointed for the purpose, and shall be insured in their names against 
loss or damage by fire. 
