oyment to those blind persons who, for want of work,
have been compelled to solicit alms, or who may be likely to be
tempted to do so. To cause those unacquainted with a trade to be
instructed in some industrial art, and to introduce trades
hitherto unpractised by the blind. To support a Circulating Library
consisting of books in various systems of relief printing, to the
advantages of which the indigent blind shall be admitted free of
charge, and others by paying the subscription required by the
Committee. To collect and disseminate information relative to the
physical, mental, moral, and religious conditions of the blind. To
promote amongst the supporters of the various institutions for
their benefit, and among other friends of the blind, a reciprocal
interchange of the results of their efforts for ameliorating their
condition.

_Members._

3. That donors of L5:5s. at one time shall be life members of the
Association, and subscribers of half a guinea annually, members so
long as they shall continue such subscriptions.

_Committee._

4. That the management of the affairs of the Association be vested
in a General Committee, to consist of the founder, Miss Gilbert,
and two ladies chosen by her, a President, Vice-President,
Treasurer, and seven gentlemen, to be chosen annually by the
members from among themselves; which General Committee shall meet
on the first Wednesday in February, May, August, and November, or
oftener if necessary; three to be a quorum.

4b. That out of the fourteen elected members of the Committee, Miss
Gilbert shall nominate one to be Vice-President, who, together with
herself, the two ladies chosen by her, and two gentlemen, elected
from among their own number by the President, Treasurer, and
gentlemen of the General Committee, shall be a Sub-Committee, whose
business it shall be to select the blind persons to be employed by
the Association, and to regulate the details, subject to the
correction of the General Committee. This Sub-Committee to meet at
least once a fortnight, and three to be a quorum.

4bb. The President or Treasurer shall be capable of being nominated
Vice-President, and Miss Gilbert shall have the privilege of
introducing at the meetings of either