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

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

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

 but M^th power to the Society to elect as Honorary Associates persons resi- 

 dent abroad, not subjects of Her Majesty, who may have 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 Meml^er who proposes the Candidate should attend 

 the meeting. 



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

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

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

 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 owners 

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

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

 according to the number of previous annual payments, from £5, 53. to £3. 



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

 paying 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 free admission to the Show- Yard, and to exhibit Stock and 

 Implements at reduced rates. Firms are not admitted as Members, but if 

 one partner of a firm becomes a Member, the firm is allowed to exhibit at 

 Members' 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. 



