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 ^500 per 



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



2. Proprietors the valuation of whose land does not exceed 



,£500 per annum, Factors, Nurserymen, Timber 



Merchants, and others, subscribing annually . . Half-a-Guinea. 



3. Foresters, Gardeners, Land-Stewards, Tenant Farmers, 



and others, subscribing annually . . . Six Shillings. 



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



subscribing 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 unless otherwise provided, and he 

 shall not be enrolled until he has paid his first Subscription. 



V. Members in arrear shall not receive the Transactions, and 

 shall not be entitled to vote at any of the meetings of the Society. 

 Any Member whose Annual Subscription remains unpaid for two 

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

 Member shall be eligible for re-election till his arrears have been 

 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, . . . ^10 10 o 



2. Small Proprietors, Factors, Nurserymen, Timber Mer- 



chants, and others, • . . . . 5 5° 



3. Foresters, Gardeners, Land-Stewards, Tenant Farmers, and 



others, . . . . . . -33° 



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 a new Life Member. 



XII. Every Proposal for Membership shall be made in writing, 

 and shall be signed by two Members of the Society as Proposer 

 and Seconder, and delivered to the Secretary to be laid before the 

 Council, which shall accept or otherwise deal with each Proposal 

 as it may deem best in the interest of the Society. The 

 Proposer and Seconder shall be responsible for payment of the new 

 Member's first Subscription. The Council shall have power to 

 decide the Class under which any Candidate for Membership shall 

 be placed. 



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