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 
4500 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 lst 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 Zvansactions. 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 Zzfe Member of the 
Society, on payment, according to class, of the following sums :— 
1. Large Proprietors of land, and others, - ; , £48790 0 
2. Small Proprietors, Factors, Nurserymen, and others, A nes 'O 
3. Foresters, Gardeners, Land-Stewards, and others, . ; | Se) 
VII. Any Ordinary Member of Classes 1, 2, and 3, who has paid 
Five Annual Subscriptions, may become a Zzfe Member on payment 
of Two-thirds of the sum payable by xew 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. 
