of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books and Philo- 

 sophical Apparatus. 



8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members, Sub- 

 scribers, and their families, on such days of the week and under sucl^. 

 regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special occasions, the 

 Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members, Benefactors, or 

 Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut. 



9. — ^All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General 

 Meeting of the Society on such terms as that meeting shall appoint ; 

 but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to the benefits of the 

 Institution Subscribers paymg Twelve Shillings yearly in advance. 

 Such Subscribers shall have no share in the property of the Society, 

 nor vote at its meetings, nor hold office in it ; but they shall have the 

 privilege of introducing strangers and members of their own family to 

 the Museum, and of attending Lectures on the same terms as Members 

 of the Society. 



10.— Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the Society 

 may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary Members, 

 unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property of the Society, 

 or in the management of its concerns. 



11. — The Museum maybe open to the pubHc under such restrictions 

 as the Council may deem necessary. 



12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his 

 share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death, descend 

 to his repsesentative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot whether 

 the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a Member of the 

 Institution. When any share is transferred, all arrears due upon it 

 must be paid up ; and the representative or assignee of a Life-governor 

 shall continue to pay the Annual Subscription of Half-a-Guinea or 

 Five Guineas in Heu of subscription. 



13. — The Annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer, in 

 advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the 



