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chair. The Medical Officer to retire every two years; one Colonel or Field 
Officer, and four members to retire annually, by rotation, and none of these 
to be eligible for re-election until the expiration of one year after leaving 
office.” 
Alteration in Rule XV. (printed in italics), proposed by the Committee and 
carried :— 
“ XV. No alterations shall be proposed, or discussions allowed at special meetings, 
whether general or of the Committee , on any subjects not specified in the 
written notice of meeting.” 
Addition to Rule XVII. (printed in italics), proposed by the Committee 
and carried unanimously :— 
tc XVII. The Committee to appoint the days on which meetings are to be held 
. for the communication of reports, or papers on professional and scientific 
subjects. At which meetings , no address or discussion is to be allowed on 
any subject not specified in the preliminary notice issued by the Committee A 
Addition to Rule XVIII., to be inserted after 2nd paragraph, proposed by 
the Committee and carried unanimously :— 
“Honorary members joining any class will pay double; officers of the Royal 
Engineers excepted , who will only pay one-third more than members. And in 
the event of their requiring the use of the surveying or other instruments , they 
must make application to the Secretary A 
3. Proposed by the Committee :— 
“ That a refracting telescope of 7 inch aperture, equatorially mounted, be pro¬ 
cured for the Observatory of the Institution, at a cost of about JB500.” 
Colonel Smythe explained, on the part of the Committee, how unusually favour¬ 
able present circumstances were for entertaining such a proposition, and gave some 
details of the intended instrument and of the means that would be taken to ensure 
its excellence. 
The proposition was carried unanimously. 
4. Proposed by Colonel Phillpotts, seconded by Colonel Domville, and 
carried unanimously :— 
“ That the thanks of the meeting be voted to the Chairman.” 
Colonel Benn expressed his acknowledgment of the compliment paid him, and 
brought the proceedings to a close. 
