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appointed for such ordinary or special meeting. Tne advertisement or circular shall contain particulars of the business to be transacted, and at a spesial meeting no business shall be transacted except that for which it is summoned. At ordinary or special meetings seven shall form a quorum. Circulars convening ordinary or special meetings must be delivered at least six hours before the time appointed for the meeting. If posted, they shall be posted at least two clear days before such time. Except where otherwise provided by the rules, all questions at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of the members present and voting thereon. Voting at ordinary or special meetings may be by show of hands, but at the request of any financial member present any question submitted shall be decided by ballot. The Committee of Management shall be under the control of ordinary and special meetings, and shall obey all instructions given, and do all acts and things required to be done by resolution of such meetings. Price of Bread and Pastry. 14. The price of bread and pastry shall be fixed from time to time by committees appointed by the union. Proceedings before a Board or the Court. 15. The association may be represented before the Board of Conciliation or the Court of Arbitration only by agent, solicitor, or counsel, duly authorised under the seal of the union. Such authority shall only be given after a resolution of the union duly recorded in the minutes. Custody and Use of Seal. 16. The seal of the union shall be kept locked in a box, of which the president shall retain the key. It shall not be affixed to any document save agreements and authorities to appear to represent the union, or such documents as are required by law to be under seal. The seal shall not be altered or renewed, except by resolution of the union. Control of Property and Investment of Funds. 17. Accumulated funds of the union may be invested in securities authorised by the Trustee Acts of New Zealand for the investment of trust funds, and after resolution of the union duly recorded. Audit. 18. The accounts of the union shall be audited yearly, either by a public auditor or by two or more duly qualified members appointed at the meeting for the election of officers. They shall report to the union the result of the audit within seven days after the same shall be finished. They shall have access to the books of the association and all accounts and property thereof. They shall report the balance-sheet as correct, or report in what manner they find it incorrect. The union may vote a reasonable sum for their remuneration. Inspection of Books. 19. Any member of the union, and every person having an interest in the funds thereof, on giving reasonable notice to the secretary, may inspect all the books of the union and register of members without payment of any fee. Eegister of Members and Eesignation. 20. A register of members, containing the name, address, and other particulars of each, with date of admission and resignation, if resigned, shall be kept by the secretary, and may at any meeting be inspected by any member. No member shall resign without giving at least three months' previous written notice to the secretary of his intention so to do, nor until all fees and other moneys payable by him to the union have been fully paid. Conduct at Meetings. 21. At all meetings the strictest order shall be kept. No member shall be allowed to interrupt another while speaking, nor shall any member be allowed to speak more than once on the same question, unless by the consent of the president, except the mover and seconder of any motion, who shall have the right to reply. Any member violating this law, and persisting in doing so after being called to order by the president, shall be fined five shillings for the first offence, ten shillings for the second, and for the third to be dealt with as the meeting may determine. Conduct. 22. No member shall hold out any unfair inducement to obtain a customer, or employ ex-carters of members for the purpose of canvassing or allowing them to canvass their previous employers' customers. Any member selling bread or pastry under the price fixed by the union, or supplying any storekeeper who sells under the fixed retail price, or infringing any of the rules shall be fined for the first offence not less than two pounds (£2), to be paid within seven days; and for the second offence he shall be fined not less than five pounds (£5), to be paid within seven days. A special meeting to be called to adjudicate, and a majority of three-fourths of those present to decide. 23. No miller or merchant shall be prohibited from supplying any baker or pastrycook with flour till said baker or pastrycook has been proved guilty of underselling, or otherwise breaking the rules of the union, when all the millers and merchants shall be notified in writing by the secretary, and must at once stop supplying the defaulting baker or pastrycook. The letter of notification to each miller and merchant shall be registered, and the receipt thereof shall be deemed sufficient proof of service. 24. No member of the union shall do any business with any miller, merchant, or flour-sales-man who has been proved to have supplied any one that undersells, whether a member of the union or not, without permission of the union in writing.