16. It shall be the duty of the Honorary Treasurer to receive all 
sums of Money due to the Club, to pay only such accounts as may 
be ordered by the Council; to keep an account of such receipts and 
payments, and to produce same when requested by the Council, 
17. It shall be the duty of the Honorary Secretaries to conduct 
the correspondence of the Club, attend all Meetings, take Minutes 
of the proceedings, keep a Register of the names and addresses of all 
the Members, issue the necessary Notices of the Meetings of the 
Club, and otherwise perform the usual secretarial duties. They 
shall also have the custody of any books or other property of the 
Club, and they shall have power to lend books to Members, subject 
to the regulations under Rule 15. 
, 18. An Editorial Committee, consisting of the President, the 
Honorary Editor, and one other Member of the Council, shall be ap- 
pointed annually by the Council. All matter intended for publication 
in the ‘“‘Australian Naturalist’’ shall be referred to this Comniittee. 
19. The legal ownership of the property of the Club shall be 
vested in the President and Vice-Presidents for the time being, in 
trust for the use of the Club, but the Council shall have full control 
over the expenditure of the funds and management of the property 
of the Club. 
20. Branches of this Club, consisting of a minimum of six Or. 
dinary Members may be formed in any district outside the Metro- 
politan penny postal area, or otherwise as may be decided by the 
Council, and subject to the following conditions ;:— 
(a) he Branch shall pay annually the sum of two shillings Zer 
capita; this sum to be due on the first day of August in each 
year, 
(b) Each Member of the Branch shall be entitled to receive a 
copy of each number of the ‘‘Australian Naturalist’? as it is 
published, and such copies shall be supplied to the Branch 
Secretary in bulk for distribution among his Members, 
(c) Should the issue of the “‘Australian Naturalist’? be increased 
from a quarterly publication, the Council of the Central 
Club reserves the right to increase the Annual Subscription 
of Branch Clubs to a sum not exceeding Three Shillings 
and Sixpence fer capita. 
(d) Branch Members may attend any Meeting or Excursions held 
by the Central Club, but they shall not be entitled to vote. 
(e) ‘hey may borrow Books from the Club Library, subject to the 
regulations under Rule 15, and providing carriage both ways 
is paid by the borrower. 
(f) They may communicate notes to, or exchange specimens with, 
individual Members of the Central Club, or they may forward 
specimens for classification, or for other information thereon, 
to the Central Club. The latter undertakes to supply all 
available information, as soon as practicable. Carriage 
from and to the’ sender to be paid by the latter. 
(g) A short account of the Meetings and Excursions of each 
Branch will be published (provided the information is for- 
warded in time by the Branch Secretary) in the “‘Australian 
Naturalist.” } 
21. These Rules can only be altered by a majority of two-thirds. 
of the Members present, at an Annual Meeting, or at a Special 
Meeting convened for that purpose by the Council; due notice of 
which must be given at the previous Ordinary Meeting. 
