CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP (excerpted from the Laws). 



III. Any person interested in Forestry, and desirous of pro- 

 moting the objects of the Society, is eligible for election as an 

 Ordinary Member in one of the following Classes : — 



1. Proprietors the valuation of whose land exceeds £s°° P er 



annum, and others, subscribing annually . . One Guinea. 



2. Proprietors the valuation of whose land does not exceed 



£500 per annum, Factors, Nurserymen, and others, 



subscribing annually ..... Half-a-Guinea. 



3. Foresters, Gardeners, Land-Stewards, and others, sub- 



scribing annually ..... Six Shillings. 



4. Assistant-Foresters, Assistant-Gardeners, and others, sub- 



scribing annually ..... Four Shillings. 



IV. Subscriptions are due on the 1st of January in each year, 

 and shall be payable in advance. A new Member's Subscription 

 is due on the day of election. 



V. Members in arrear shall not receive the Transactions. Any 

 Member whose Annual Subscription remains unpaid for three years 

 shall cease to be a Member of the Society, and no such Member 

 shall be eligible for re-election till all his arrears are paid up. 



VI. Any eligible person may become a Life Member of the 

 Society, on payment, according to class, of the following sums : — 



1. Large Proprietors of land, and others, . . . £\o 10 o 



2. Small Proprietors, Factors, Nurserymen, and others, . 5 5° 



3. Foresters, Gardeners, Land-Stewards, and others, . . 3 3° 



VII. Any Ordinary Member of Classes 1, 2, and 3, who has paid 

 Five Annual Subscriptions, may become a Life Member on payment 

 of Two-thirds of the sum payable by new Life Members. 



XII. Every Proposal for Membership shall be made on the Form 

 provided for the purpose, which must be signed by two Members 

 of the Society as Proposer and Seconder, and delivered to the 

 Secretary to be laid before the next meeting of the Council. The 

 Proposal shall lie on the table till the following meeting of the 

 Council, when it shall be accepted or otherwise dealt with, as the 

 Council may deem best in the interests of the Society. The 

 Proposer and Seconder shall be responsible for payment of the new 

 Member's first Subscription, 



