Section IV.—General, Special, and Committee Meetings.

18. There shall be an annual general meeting of the Association held in the month of May in each year, notice of which shall be advertised in one daily newspaper published in Wellington at least seven days prior to the day of meeting.

19. It shall be competent for the Committee, or, upon their refusal, for any twenty members of the Association, at any time to call a special general meeting by advertisement in two daily newspapers published in Wellington, stating the object for which the same is to be held, at least seven days prior to the day of meeting; but no business other than that stated in the advertisement shall be transacted at such meeting.

20. At every special general meeting of the members, the business shall commence at eight o'clock in the evening, and the meeting may from time to time be adjourned until the next or any subsequent evening at the same hour; but no new business shall be entered upon at any such adjourned meeting.

21. The President or a Vice-President shall take the chair at each annual, special, or committee meeting; but in the event of neither being present, the meeting shall appoint a chairman for the occasion from among those present.

22. The Secretary shall enter the minutes of every meeting in a book provided for the purpose, which minutes shall be read at the succeeding meeting, when, if found correct, they shall be confirmed and certified by the chairman affixing his signature thereto.

23. All questions brought under discussion at any annual, special, or committee meeting, shall be decided by the majority of the members present by show of hands, the chairman having, in case of an equality, a second or casting vote; but in the event of the chairman, or any three members, being doubtful on which side the majority may be, he or they may demand a page 6 division, and the chairman's declaration of the result thereof shall be final.