148 RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



XX. A book shall be kept in which Fellows of the Society may enter the 

 names of those men of science whom they suggest as Foreign Members ; each 

 entry shall be signed by the proposer and be accompanied by a statement of 

 the principal grounds on which the suggestion is made, and shall be valid for 

 three years only. 



XXI. When vacancies in the list of Foreign Members are to be filled up, a 

 list of the persons so entered shall be sent to each Member of the Council, 

 together with notice of the Meeting at which the list will be considered. At 

 the Meeting thus appointed further entries may be made, and the claims of 

 those men of science whose names have been duly entered in the book shall be 

 considered, and a selection of names shall be made, from among which the 

 Council, at a subsequent Meeting to be then appointed, may make nominations 

 to the Society. 



XXII. At the second Meeting the selection of Candidates to be so nomi- 

 nated for Foreign Membership shall be by ballot ; when, if two-thirds of the 

 Members of the Council present be in favour of the nomination of any Candi- 

 date, his name shall be proposed at the next Ordinary Meeting of the Society, 

 and shall be put to the vote by ballot at the following Ordinary Meeting. 



CHAP. II Of the Obligation to be Subscribed. 



EVEEY person elected a Fellow of the Society shall, before his admission, sub- 

 scribe the Obligation in the following words : 



Obligation to We who have hereunto subscribed, do hereby promise each for himself, that we 



be subscribed w ^j endeavour to promote the good of the Royal Society of London, for 



Yellow. Improving Natural Knowledge, and to pursue the ends for which the same was 



founded ; that we will be present at the Meetings of the Society, as often as 



conveniently we can, especially at the Anniversary Elections, and upon extra- 



ordinary occasions ; and that we will observe the Statutes and Orders of the said 



Society. Provided, that whensoever any of us shall signify to the President 



under his hand, that he desireth to withdraw from the Society, he shall be free 



from this Obligation for the future. 



And if any person elected shall refuse to subscribe the said Obligation, the 

 election of that person shall be void. 



CHAP. Ill Of the Payments to be made by the Fellows to the Society. 

 Annual I. EVERY person elected a Fellow of the Society shall, before he is admitted, 







tions P av tne sum f ten pounds for admission money, the sum of four pounds for 



the year of his election, and the same sum annually in advance so long as he 

 shall continue a Fellow of the Society. And if any such person shall refuse 

 or fail to pay the said sums, he shall not be admitted, and his Election shall 

 be void : except the said sums be remitted in whole, or in part, by special 

 order of the Council. Provided always that, except in the case of Fellows 

 elected under Statutes XII and XIII of Chapter I, the admission fee of each 



