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in foreign countries for their discove'ries and attainments in either of 

 the three great departments of knowledge, viz. : — 1st. The Mathe- 

 matical and Physical Sciences; 2d. The Natural and Physiological 

 Sciences ; 3d. The Moral and Political Sciences. And there shall 

 not be more than thirty members in either of these three depart- 

 ments.' 



" ' 5. The number of Associate Fellows shall not exceed one hun- 

 dred, of whom there shall not be more than forty in either of the 

 three departments of knowledge designated in the fourth article.' 



" ' 6. It shall be the duty of the Council designated in the third ar- 

 ticle to nominate, on due consideration, at meetings convened for the 

 purpose, and as vacancies occur, the most suitable candidates for For- 

 eign Honorary Members, to prepare and keep a list of the Fellows, 

 of the Associate Fellows, and of the Foreign Honorary Members, 

 classified according to the general departments of knowledge indicated 

 in the fourth article, and arranged in subdivisions in respect to the 

 special sciences in which they are severally proficient. It shall also be 

 the duty of the Council to exercise a discreet supervision over all the 

 nominations and elections, and to exert their influence to obtain and 

 preserve a due proportion in the number of Fellows and Members in 

 each of the special subdivisions.' " 



The committee also recommended the adoption of the fol- 

 lowing votes : — 



" Voted, That the Council be, and hereby are, directed to report to 

 the next statute meeting of the Academy a list of all the actual Fel- 

 lows and Members, arranged in the following divisions, with a state- 

 ment of the number of each division. 



"First Class, — Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 



First Division. Mathematics. 



Second Division. Practical Astronomy and Geology. 



Third Division. Physics and Chemistry. 



Fourth Division. Technology and Engineering. 



" Second Class. — Natural and Physiological Sciences. 



First Division. Geology, Mineralogy, and Physics of the Globe. 



Second Division. Botany and Vegetable Physiology. 



Third Division. Zoology and Animal Physiology. 



Fourth Division. Medicine and Surgery. 



