11. The number of effective Members of the Wellington Club shall not exceed three hundred.

12. Members shall be elected by a general ballot. Each Candidate for admission must be proposed by one Member, and seconded by another; and the name of the Candidate, with the names of the proposer and seconder in their own handwriting, must be exhibited in the dining-room of the Club for twenty-eight days preceding the day of ballot.

13. The ballot shall take place between 8 and 9 p.m., on the second Saturday of every month, during which time the ballot shall be kept open in the presence of two Members of Committee.

14. No ballot shall be valid unless fifteen Members actually vote. One black ball in five shall exclude.

15. Proxies to be available; but no Member to hold more than two.

16. No rejected Candidate shall be re-proposed for election within the space of twelve months after page 8 rejection, unless with the sanction of a majority of the whole of the Committee, at a Meeting convened for the purpose of considering the question.

17. On the admission of each new Member, the Committee or Secretary shall notify it to him, furnishing him, at the same time, with a copy of the Rules, and stating the amount of the entrance fee and annual subscription, on payment of which he shall be enrolled on the books of the Club, and become entitled to its privileges.