CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP (excerpted from the Laws). 



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

 lOting 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 axe due on the 1st of January in each year, 

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

 , due on the day of election unless otherwise provided, and he 

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



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

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

 Lny Member whose Annual Subscription remains unpaid for two 

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

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

 aid up. 



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

 ociety, 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, , . , . •55° 



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



others, . . . . . . -330 



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

 nve Annual Subscriptions, may become a Life Member on payment 

 f Two-thirds of the sum payable by a new Life Member. 



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

 .nd shall be signed by two Members of the Society as Proposer 

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

 [Council, which shall accept or otherwise deal with each Proposal 

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

 'roposer and Seconder shall be responsible for payment of the new 

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

 [ecide the Class under which any Candidate for Membership shall 

 le placed. 



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