4, 
annoyance to officers who have been present by sending round a whip for-a 1s.'a 
head to make up the deficit. The entrance fees in fact form the working capital. 
Now as regards the difference in the charges made to members and non-members: 
—tThe total cost of the dinner and contingent expenses having been divided equally 
between the average numbers dining, gives the average price to be paid per head ; 
‘this price is charged to non-members ; the members of the club, however, get the 
advantage of the annual subscriptions, and the price they have to pay depends 
immediately and solely on the proportion of subscribers who do not dine, on each 
occasion, to those who do dine. A ratio of 2°8 : 1 enables the price for members 
to be fixed as at present ; if that ratio can be increased, the price to members can 
be proportionably reduced. There is no doubt that if we could get anything like 
a really good proportion of officers of the Regiment to join the club, the above 
ratio would be perceptibly increased and the price to a member, when he dined, 
would be little more than nominal. 
RULES, 1896. 
(1). Entrance fees and first annual subscription (5s.) are payable at any 
time up to the 9th June; the dinner will take place on the 12th 
June. 
(2). Subsequent annual subscriptions are payable on Ist January. 
(3). Officers wishing to become members of the club, are requested to 
notify the 
Hon. Secretary, - 
R.A. Dinner Club, 
War Office, Pall Mall, 
informing him at the same time that the amount of their entrance 
fee together with the annual subscriptions has been credited by 
Messrs. Cox & Co. to the Dinner Fund. 
(4). Officers intending to dine, whether they are members or not, are re- 
quested to notify their intention to the Hon. Secretary, not later 
than the 9th June; notifications received subsequent to the 10th 
June will incur a fine of 5s. Similarly any notifications of with- 
drawal must not be received later than the 10th June, as no money 
can be refunded after that date. ; 
(5). Officers who bank with Cox & Co. will have the dinner charged against 
their accounts (18s. for members, £1 12s. for non-members). 
Officers who do no bank with Cox & Co. are requested to remit 
the amount payable for the dinner to the Hon. Secretary. 
(6): Officers wishing to make up a party to sit together, can secure seats by 
applying as early as possible to the Hon. Secretary. 
(7). Officers who have not made arrangements as in (6) are recommended 
to place their cards in any seats which they may wish to select 
before dinner is served. 
F, G. Stonz, Major R.A., 
Hon. Sec., R.A. Dinner Club. 
WOOLWICH. 
Linur.-Cononen F. A. Yorxn, R.A. wishes to thank most heartily all those 
officers who so kindly gave him the present of ahandsome clock. The clock bears 
an inseription: ‘‘ Presented to Lieut.-Colonel F. A. Yorke, R.A., by members of 
the Royal Artillery Woolwich Drag Hunt, in recognition of his long and successful 
mastership from 1889 to 1895,” 
