512 Appendix. 



Books, containing accounts of observations, experiments, &c., and the 

 Statute concerning the Book of Letters, are omitted. 



A new Statute (Sec. V.) is introduced, to the effect that 

 nn * ' the original copy of every paper read at the Society shall 

 be considered as the property of the Society ; and another (Sec. VI.) 

 provides for the care of the papers read. And, lastly, a new Statute 

 (Sec. VII.) introduces, for the first time, into the Statutes regulations 

 concerning the use of the Library. The Library is to be open 

 Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Fellows may, 

 by leave of the Society or of the Council, take out four volumes 

 for six weeks. If these are printed books, the Fellow gives merely 

 his note ; if MSS., a bond of 50 for each. 



THE STATUTES FROM 1776 TO 1847. 



The Statutes of 1819. 



The next edition appears to be that of 1819 ; it is, however, merely 

 a reprint of that of 1776, with the additions of Cap. I., Sec. 9, as 

 to Foreign Members, and Cap. XI., Sec. 6, as to the conduct of ordinary 

 meetings, mentioned above (p. 508 and p. 511). 



The Statutes of 1823. 



Foreign Members * Q tne D6xt edition tnat of 1823 several impor- 

 limited to fifty, ' tant changes are introduced. The number of 

 selected by Council. ^ . ,, , . ,. ., , , -, -,,,,-, 



foreign Members is limited to hfty ; and " they are 



to be put in nomination as candidates at a meeting of the Council," instead 

 of the previous complex procedure. The regulations for the election 

 of the Council and officers are much simplified, but not materially altered. 

 Foreign A- new Statute, Cap. IX., Sec 4, institutes a new office, that 

 Secretary. o f ^ ne u Secretary for Foreign Correspondence." Since 

 1719 the proceeds of the bequest of Mr. .Robert Keck had been 

 " bestowed on some one of the Fellows," appointed " to carry on a 

 foreign correspondence," but the Fellow performing these duties was 

 appointed by Council at their pleasure, and was styled Assistant to the 

 Secretaries. The new Secretary for Foreign Correspondence was to 

 rank with the two Principal Secretaries. 



Assistant The office of Clerk is abolished, and that of Assistant 

 Secretary. s ecre tary created. The old Statute relating to the Clerk is, 

 in consequence, largely modified. The Assistant Secretary is made 

 Librarian and Housekeeper, but all mention of the Keeper of the 

 Repository disappears from the Statutes. The facilities for using the 

 Library are increased. The annual contribution is raised from "a 

 Contributions shilling a week," or thirteen shillings a quarter, to "one 

 raised. pound a quarter," the admission fee from five guineas 



