Section III.—Management; and Election of Officers.

11. The Association shall be governed by the following honorary officers, to be called the "General Committee" :—A President, three vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and seven other members, five members of such Committee to form a quorum for the transaction of business; and such Committee shall, until the election to be held at the annual general meeting to be held in the month of May, 1876, consist of the following members, that is to say :—President—Honorable William Fitzherbert, CM.G.; Vice-Presidents—Honorable William Gisborne, Jonas Voodward, Esq., and William Lyon, Esq.; Treasurer—T. K. Macdonald; Secretary—W. Hill; Committee—Henry Barbr, J. H. Brann, H. F. Logan, W. Mould, E. Stafford, J. M. Taylor, and H. Wilcox; and such members shall be deemed to have been the General Committee page 4 as from the 21st September, 1875, and to have bad as from that date the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by these Rules upon the General Committee.

12. The General Committee shall be elected at the annual general meeting to be held in the month of May in each year, any or all of the members of such Committee to be eligible for re-election; all such elections shall be held in terms of Rules 13, 14, and 15, as hereunder.

13. Every member of the General Committee shall be nominated for the office he is to fill by two members of the Association. Papers for such nominations shall be affixed in the Library of the Association, and the nominations must be made on or before the last Saturday in the month of April in each year.

14. In the event of an Election being necessary, it shall be by Ballot, in which case the members present shall elect two of their number as Scrutineers, whose duty shall be to take charge of the ballot-box, and see that each member deposits one paper only therein, and at the close of the Ballot to ascertain the result. The Secretary shall sit at the table with the Scrutineers. No person whose subscription is in arrear shall be considered a member or allowed to vote; and of this fact the Secretary's Roll of Members shall be conclusive evidence. If by reason of an equality of votes the election shall be undecided, the Scrutineers shall write the names of those for whom the votes are equal on separate pieces of paper, of which the Chairman shall draw a sufficient number to complete the list of office-bearers, and the members whose names shall be so drawn shall be declared duly elected.

15. There shall also be elected at the annual general meeting two members for the purpose of auditing the accounts of the Association, who shall hold office for the period of one year only, but shall be eligible for re-election.

16. If at any time from any cause no appointment of office-bearers shall take place under Rule 12, the then existing office-bearers shall continue in office until the next Annual General Meeting. If from death, resignation, or other cause, the office of Secretary or Treasurer shall become vacant; or, if from the like causes any member of the Committee shall cease to hold office, the Committee may at once fill up such vacancies.

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17. Any member of the Committee, other than the President and Vice-Presidents, absenting himself for three successive meetings without reasonable excuse, shall cease to be a member of the Committee, and the vacancy so caused may be filled up by the Committee electing another member in his place.