By the Charter of 1834 the Society consists of two cLasses, Ordinary and 

 Honorary or Corresponding Members. The number of Honorary or Corre- 

 sponding Members resident in the United Kingdom must not exceed twenty, 

 but with power to the Society to elect as Honorary Associates persons resi- 

 dent abroad, not subjects of Her Majesty, who may liave been benefactors to 

 the Society, or who are distinguished for their skill in Art or Science, pro- 

 vided that the number of such Foreign Associates shall not exceed twenty. 



By a Bye-Law passed in 1873, with reference to the Supplementary Charter 

 of 1856, successful Candidates for the Society's Agricultural Diploma are 

 thereby eligible to be elected free Life Members of the Society. 



Candidates for Ordinary Membership must be proposed by a Member, and 

 are elected at the half-yearly General Meetings in January and June. It is 

 not necessary that the Member who proposes the Candidate should attend 

 the Meeting.] 



The ordinary subscription is £1, 3s. 6d. annually, which maybe redeemed 

 by one payment, varying, according to the number of jirevious annual pay- 

 ments, from £12, 12s. to ^7, Is. Proprietors farming the whole of their own 

 lands, whose assessment on the Valuation Roll does not exceed ^500 per 

 annum, and all Tenant-Farmers, Office-Bearers of Local Agricultural Associa- 

 tions, Resident Agricultural Factors, Land Stewards, Foresters, Agricultural 

 Implement Makers, and Veterinary Surgeons, none of them being also ow^ners 

 . of land to an extent exceeding £500 per annum, are admitted on a subscrij)- 

 tion of 10s. anntially, which may be redeemed by one payment, varying 

 according to the number of previous annual payments, from £5, 5s. to £3. 

 According to the Charter, a Memljer who homologates his Election by 

 >; T)aying his first subscription cannot retire until he has paid, in annual sub- 

 scriptions, or otherwise, an amount equivalent to a life composition. 



Members of the Society receive the Transactions on application, and are 

 entitled to apply for District Premiums — to report Ploughing Matches for 

 the Medal — to 'attend Shows free of charge, and to exhibit Stock at reduced 

 rates. 



Members having Candidates to propose are requested to send their names 

 to Fletcher Norton Menzies, Esq., No. 3 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh. 

 The Members marked * have been Presidents ; and t Vice-Presidents. 



