Ey 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 sublets 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 ]\lembers of the Society. 



Candidates for ordinary Membership must be j)roposed by a Member, and 

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

 not necessary that tbe Member who proposes the Candidate should attend 

 the Meeting. 



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

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

 ments, from £} 2, 12s. to £7, Is. Proprietors farming the whole of their own 

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

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

 tions, Resident Ao;ricultural 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 ann ual payments, from £o, 5s. 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 jSIedal — to attend Shows free of charge, and to exhibit Stock at reduced 

 rates. 



IMembers having Candidates to propose are requested to send their names 

 to Fletcher JSTortox Mexzies, Esq., No. 3 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh. 



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



