they propose
for election or re-election (stating the num-
ber of attendances during the past two years at Meetings
of the Council or of Committees, of each Governor or
Member so proposed, which list so prepared shall be pub-
lished immediately in such Agricultural papers as the
Council may determine). A copy of this list shall be
given to any Governor or Member who applies to the
Secretary, either on the day of the General Meeting, or
on any day of the week preceding (Sundays excepted),
between the hours of ten and four.

c. The voting shall take place by each Governor or Member
who wishes to vote giving in one of these lists signed by
himself, with such names struck out or added, as he
thinks fit, to the President, at the General Meeting.
When the lists have been given in, three scrutineers shall
be appointed by the President, who shall retire into
another room, and inspect the lists which have been
given in, and report forthwith to the Meeting, in writing,
the names of the twenty-five Governors or Members who
shall have the majority of votes; after which, the papers
shall be immediately destroyed by the scrutineers. If
any list should contain the names of more than twenty-
five Members, it will be rejected. No Governor or Mem-
ber will be allowed to vote who does not personally
deliver his list to the President. In the event of an
equality of votes, the selection of the required numbers
out of those candidates having such equality shall be made
by the meeting on a show of hands.

THE PRESIDENT.

16. The President shall not be re-eligible to the office of President for three years from the day of the election of his successor. In all the official relations of the Society, he shall take precedence of all other Governors and Members, and shall have full power to summon at his pleasure meetings of the Council, and shall take the chair at every Council-meeting when present, he, and every other Chairman of the Council, having the privilege of a casting vote, in addition to his own, in all cases of equality in the division on any question. He shall sign all such letters, votes of thanks, and other documents, as the Council may direct, in the name and on the behalf of the Council.

THE COUNCIL.

17. The Council may adjourn from time to time, at their discre- The Council. tion: when not so adjourned, they shall hold a meeting on the first Adjournment. Wednesday in every month, at twelve o'clock, for the election of Monthly. Members and for the transaction of the business of the Society;

and shall also meet on one other Wednesday in each month during Interim. the session, unless otherwise specially ordered.

cil.

Power of Sum

moning.

18. Should the business of the Society require a Special Council Special Counto be held at any other time, the President shall have full power to direct such a Council to be summoned, at such time and place, and with such notice, as he may think fit: provided that, in case of necessity, the President may summon a special Council to be held forthwith; but any orders then made shall not remain valid unless confirmed by the next monthly Council. In the absence of the President, one Trustee, together with one Vice-President, and three other Members of the Council, shall have power to summon the Council in any case of emergency, on delivering to the Secretary an order signed by them for issuing the summonses, and allowing not less than seven days to elapse between the date of summons and the day appointed for the meeting of such Council.

cil.

Adjournment of important discussions.

19. The Monthly Meeting of the Council shall have the full Monthly Counpower of originating, discussing, and deciding, by the majority of votes, on a show of hands, all questions brought before it on the business of the Society. Should, however, any Member then present regard any proposition brought forward as too important for immediate decision, he will be at liberty to take the sense of the Meeting whether such proposition should be postponed, in order that it may be duly discussed at the next Monthly Meeting; and should one-third of the Members present agree with him on that point, such proposition shall be postponed, and due notice of such motion and postponement shall be given to all Members of the Council by the Secretary.

Proceedings.

20. Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of the Council Minutes of the shall be taken during their progress by the Secretary, or, in case of his absence, by some Member present, whom the Chairman shall appoint for the occasion. The minutes shall afterwards be copied fairly into a minute-book, to be kept for that purpose.

21. The Council shall, from time to time, draw up such regu- Council Regulalations, not inconsistent with the Charter and Bye-Laws, as may appear to them expedient for conducting the proceedings of their

tions.

Government of the Society.

Orders of the
Council.

Appointment of

own meetings; and the regulations so drawn up shall be binding on the Members of the Council.

22. The government of the Society and the management of its concerns are entrusted to the Council, subject to no other restrictions than are and may be imposed by the Charter and Bye-Laws, and to no other interference than may arise from the acts of the Governors and Members in General Meeting assembled.

23. The Council may from time to time make such regulations, and issue such orders, not inconsistent with the Charter and ByeLaws, as shall appear to them conducive to the good government of the Society, and to the proper management of its concerns: and all such regulations and orders shall be binding on all and every the Governors and Members, Honorary, Foreign, and Corresponding Members, Officers, and Servants of the Society.

24. The Council may appoint Committees to examine into, and Committees. report to them on any special matters relating to the objects or business of the Society, and may require such Committees to Report, and may dissolve such Committees, whensoever they shall think proper.

Disposal of
Duplicates.

Presentation of

25. The Council may exchange for other property, or otherwise dispose of, any duplicate books, maps, or models belonging to the Society, in such manner as may in their opinion best conduce to the advancement of Agriculture and the interests of the Society.

26. The Council may present copies of the Journal of the the Journal. Society, to other agricultural and scientific bodies, and to the heads of public departments.

Resolutions of
General
Meetings.

Appointment
of Bankers.

Signature of
Drafts.

Alteration of

Orders of
Council.

27. The Council shall carry into effect, as far as in them lies, the resolutions of General Meetings.

28. The Council shall appoint a Banker to the Society, for the time being, to whom all sums of money received by the Secretary or other person, for the use of the Society, shall be paid.

29. No money shall be drawn from the Society's Banker but by order of the Council, on the recommendation of the Finance Committee, and by cheques signed, at a meeting of the Council, by the President or Chairman, a Trustee, and the Secretary. A book shall be kept in which a consecutive entry shall be made of all such payments.

30. No Order of Council shall be altered without one clear month's previous notice being given to each Member of the Council.

31. The Secretary shall notify to the Council on the printed Notification of agenda-paper, any vacancy which shall be declared in the list of vacancy. Trustees, Vice-Presidents, or Members of Council, at the Meeting of the Council next after the happening of such vacancy, and such vacancy shall not be filled up until the Monthly Meeting of the Council which shall take place next after such notice, when the recommendation of the Committee of Selection shall be received and considered.

32. In the absence of the President, the chair shall be taken by Chairman. a Trustee or Vice-President; and should neither of such officers

be present, then by such Member as the Council shall choose as

their Chairman by the majority of votes.

33. The Quorum of a Monthly or Special Council shall be Quorum. five.

ness.

34. At every Monthly Meeting of the Council the Minutes of Order of busithe previous Monthly and other intervening Meetings shall be first read, and postponed matters shall take precedence in the order of business of new motions, excepting in the case of a Report from the Finance Committee, which shall always be taken first into consideration, immediately after the Minutes have been read and the election of Members and proposal of candidates have taken place.

35. All Minutes or Reports read at the Council shall be signed Signing Minutes. by the Chairman.

36. The Common Seal of the Society shall be kept in a box Common Seal. with three different locks, the keys of which shall be respectively held by the President of the Society, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and the Secretary. The Common Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except in the Council-room during a Meeting of the Council, unless by their special order.

37. The Reports from the Council to the General Meetings in London, in May and December, shall be prepared at the Council-meetings, first in those months, or at some adjournment

thereof.

Reports to Gene

ral Meetings.

Charter.

38. The Charter of the Society, Lease of the House, Secretary's Custody of Bond of Security, and other important documents belonging to the Society, shall be kept in a box confided to the custody of the Society's Bankers, and this box shall not be delivered up by them, excepting on a written order signed by the President or Chairman of Council Meeting, a Trustee, and the Secretary. VOL. VI.-S. S.

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Committees.

Enter

ties.

Chairman.

COMMITTEES.

39. The Standing Committees shall be appointed by the Monthly Council in December, but shall not enter on their respective on du- duties until the first day of January, nor remain in office after the 31st of December of the ensuing year, unless re-appointed. Any other Committees may be appointed at a Monthly Council. 40. Each Committee, at its first Meeting, shall elect its own Chairman for the year, who shall always take the chair at the Committee, when present; the chair being taken in his absence by a Chairman to be elected by the Committee for the occasion: and all Committees shall meet by summons issued by direction of their respective Chairmen, or of the President, or of any three Members of the Committee, or by adjournment. The President, Ex officio Mem- Trustees, and Vice-Presidents shall be Members ex officio of all Committees.

Summons.

bers.

Reports of Committees.

Duties of Secretary.

Correspond

ence.

Money.

41. All Committees during their sittings may report the progress of their proceedings to the Monthly Meetings of the Council, and shall sit till they have made their respective general reports; but in case such reports shall not have been made previously to the 31st of December next following their appointment, their powers shall then cease.

SECRETARY.

42. The Secretary shall devote the whole of his time to the affairs of the Society, and shall be immediately responsible to the Council for the discharge of the various duties they require him to perform. He shall attend the sittings of all Meetings of the Council. He shall also attend on any Committee requiring his presence, when not in attendance on the Council. He shall take the minutes of the Council; and also, when attending upon any Committee, the minutes of such Committee, if required to do so by the Chairman.

43. He shall conduct the correspondence of the Society, preserving the letters he may receive in a classified arrangement, and shall keep a daily register of correspondence in a classified form. He shall keep letter-books, in which copies of all letters shall be entered which he writes by direction of the President, Council, or Committees.

44. Under the direction of the Finance Committee he shall