Ixxxvi APPENDIX. 



Article XX. — The Council may, upon special grounds, propose to a 

 General Meeting the election of any Foreigner of eminent rank and 

 station, or any person who shall have contributed to the attainment of the 

 objects of the Society in a distinguished manner, either by donation or 

 otherwise, to be elected an Honorary AJember of the Society ; and, upon 

 such proposition, the Society shall proceed to an immediate ballot. 



Article XXI. — The Council may propose for election as a Corresponding 

 Member, any person not residing in the British dominions in Europe who 

 may be considered likely to communicate valuable information to the 

 Society ; but such Corresponding Member shall not be entitled to the 

 privileges of a Subsci'ibing Member. 



Article XXII. — No person shall be considered as elected, unless he 

 has in his favour the votes of three-fourths of the Members present who 

 vote. 



Article XXIII. — The election of every candidate shall be entered on 

 the minutes of the proceedings of the Meeting at which he is elected : but 

 should it appear, upon ins])ecting the ballot, that the person proposed is not 

 elected, no mention thereof shall be inserted in the minutes. 



Article XXIV. — When a person is elected a Resident or Non-resident 

 Member of the Society, the Secretary shall inform him of his election by 

 letter. 



Article XXV. — To an Honorary, Foreign, or Corresponding Member, 

 there shall be transmitted, as soon as may be after his election, a Diploma, 

 under the seal of the Society, signed by the President, Director, and 

 Secretary. 



OF THE COUNCIL AND OFFICERS, AND OF COMMITTEES. 



Article XXVI. — There shall be a Council of Twenty-five persons, chosen 

 among the Resident Members, and constituted for the management and 

 direction of the affairs of the Society. 



