A second general meeting of members was held onthe 13th, under Clause 25 of the Club Rules, to confirm the resolutions passed at the previous meeting, R. T. Rennie, Esq. in the Chair.
The Cuan: can said the meeting was called under Rule XXV of the Club Byelaws, to confirm or reject the resolutions passed at the general annual meeting held on the 29th ult. These resolutions had been hung up in the Hall fora fortnight, in accordance with the rules, and the only business within the provines of the meeting was to decide whether or not they should be confirmed. The first related to the Club accounts; the second to the terms to be arranged with the Recreation Fund; and this latter he might remark was the most important which they had to consider. Since the last meeting, matters had remained in state quo; no further offer had been made by the Committee to the Recreation Fund, nor by the Recreation Fund to the Club Committee. The confirmation therefore of the resolution would simply mean, giving authority to the new Committee to offer these terms to the Recreation Fund; and, as members were aware, these were' the highest terms which the outgoing Committee could advise them to offer. It was now for members to say whether they would instruct the new Committee to offer them or not. It was open to them to call a special meeting to renew discussion on the general subject; but present resolution. The third resolution to-day they could only say aye or no fo the
was appointing a new Committee; and the fourth effected some trifling alterations in Mr. Sxeces asked whether the resolutions were to be voted on separately or together; he would prefer the latter course.
The Cuazmatay said this would be as the meeting wished. Perhaps the most convenient way would be to put them one by one, as they had been offered at the last meeting.
The resolution passing the accounts was then put and agreed to.
The next resolution was—
That the Committee be empowered to take over the Furniture of the Club from the Recreation Fund Trustees for the sum of Taels 7,500, provided it be possible raise sufficient money thereon to do 60, and to rent the Club for a term of 5 years from Ist January 1871, at $11,000 per annum, with the option to the Club members of terminating the lease at any time on giving 3 months notice.
Mr. Banwes thought, before the members passed this resolution, they ought to consider whether they should pay the enormous rent which it contemplated. In the present day, there was no reason why they should be called on to pay so large a sum as $11,000 for a hi when they could obtain others as convenient for much less. He did not seo why the present residents
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