208 THE EARLY HISTORY OF [CHAP. IV. 



one o'clock, to show the various parts of the house to all 

 persons who are entitled to admission ; to inspect and ar- 

 range the library, to receive payment of subscriptions, to 

 deliver tickets, and to keep all the accounts, under the 

 direction of the managers and of the Superintendent of the 

 House. 



The mathematical instrument maker, and other work- 

 men in the immediate service of the Institution, are employed 

 in the construction and repair of apparatus for the lectures 

 and for the repository. The Superintendent of the Work- 

 shops assists also in the experiments exhibited by the pro- 

 fessors in their lectures, and has the charge of the prepara- 

 tion of all necessary apparatus. 



Besides these officers, and the domestic servants of the 

 house, six workmen are at present constantly employed in 

 various departments of the Institution. 



Such persons as are desirous of becoming proprietors of 

 the Royal Institution, or subscribers for life, or for any 

 number of years, must be nominated by one of the mana- 

 gers, at a meeting prior to that in which they are elected ; 

 but in cases of emergency they may receive temporary 

 tickets of admission as soon as they are nominated, paying 

 their subscriptions, to be returned in case of non-election. 



A proprietor pays at present 80 guineas. He receives 

 two transferable tickets of admission to the lectures and 

 to the house in general ; but such tickets do not admit the 

 bearer to the reading rooms, unless they have been person- 

 ally transferred to him, with the consent of the managers, 

 for a time not less than a year. 



Subscribers for life pay 20 guineas, and annual subscri- 

 bers 3 guineas a year. Their tickets admit the possessors 

 to all parts of the house, but they are not transferable. 



Ladies who are desirous of subscribing must be recom- 

 mended by one of the ladies holding books for the purpose. 

 For personal admission to the lectures each lady pays a 

 guinea for the season, but her ticket is not transferable, 



