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expedient. NOW KNOW YE that WE, being desirous of 
encouraging a design so laudable, and of promoting the 
improvement and diffusion of Science in all its branches, 
have of Our especial Grace, certain Knowledge and mere 
Motion, given and granted, and We do hereby give and 
grant, That the said JosrpH Winitam Dunnine and such 
others of Our loving subjects as are now Fellows of the said 
Society, or who shall at any time hereafter become Fellows 
thereof in pursuance of the provisions of this Our Charter 
and according to such Bye-Laws as are hereinafter men- 
tioned, shall be a Body Corporate by the name of ‘‘ The 
Entomological Society of London,” having perpetual succes- 
sion and a common seal, with power to sue and be sued in 
their Corporate name, and to acquire and hold any goods and 
chattels whatsoever. 
And our Will and Pleasure is, That Jonn Osapran 
Westwoop, Esg., Master of Arts, Hope Professor of Zoology 
in the University of Oxford, shall be Honorary President of 
the said Corporation during the term of his natural life. 
And that Ropert MacLacunan, F.R.S., shall be the first 
President of the said Corporation and shall continue such 
until the Annual Meeting to be held in the month of January 
next. 
And our Will and Pleasure is, And we do hereby declare, 
that there shall always be a Council to direct and manage 
the concerns of the said Corporation. And that the thirteen 
persons, who were elected to form the Council of the said 
Society at the Annual Meeting held in the month of January 
last, shall form the first Council of the said Corporation, and 
shall continue in Office until the Annual Meeting to be held 
in the month of January next. 
And our Will and Pleasure is, And we further grant and 
declare, that the existing Bye-Laws of the said Society, as 
revised and amended at a General Meeting held on the 2nd 
day of May, 1883, shall be the Bye-Laws of the said 
Corporation, until the same shall be revoked or altered as 
hereinafter mentioned. And that it shall be lawful at 
General Meetings of the said Corporation to revoke or alter 
any former Bye-Laws, and to make such new Bye.Laws as 
