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subsequent years, the last being 011 January 30, 1834. After this data 

 the custom was omitted. 



The Admission of Strangers to the Meetings of the Society. 



In the Statutes of 1752, any of His Maiesty's subiects 

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having the title and place of a Baron, or having any 



higher title or place, are permitted to be present at the Meetings of 

 the Society, "with the allowance of the President;" other persons 

 may attend " upon leave obtained of the President and Fellows 

 present." 



In 1776 the mention of titled persons is omitted, and the 

 Statute simply provides for " strangers " being present. 

 Ann. 1784. Some years later, viz., in 1784, a new section was added 

 to Cap. XI as follows : 



"VI. That the meetings of the Society may not be wasted by 

 unprofitable debates, contrary to the intent and meaning of the fifth 

 section of this chapter, it is constituted, established, and ordained, 

 that every motion or question, proposed to be ballotted for by the 

 Society, shall be fairly transcribed OQ paper, and being' signed by six 

 or more Fellows of the Society, it shall be by them delivered to one 

 of the Secretaries at a meeting of the Society ; and shall thereupon 

 be read immediately after the declaration of the Presents on the table ; 

 and after being marked by the Secretary with the date of the day 

 when delivered, it shall be fixed up in the common Meeting-room of 

 the Society at the next ordinary Meeting ; and on the Meeting next 

 following the same, it shall be put to the Ballot, unless those wha 

 have signed it agree to withdraw it. 



" But nothing contained in this Statute is to be construed to 

 extend to matters relative to elections, or the ordinary business of 

 the Society." 



The motions or questions proposed to be " ballotted for " must 

 therefore have had reference to matters of science. 



Publications, Records, and .Library. 



In Cap. XII, the quorum of the Committee of Papers is 

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raised irom live to seven, and the part 01 the Statute 



providing that there should be no entry of rejected papers is omitted. 



In Cap. XIII, " Of the Manner of Publication of the 



Papers laid before the Society," the word "Librarian" 



is substituted for that of " Clerk " ; also the period during which 



surplus copies not required by Fellows must remain before they are 



disposed of by the Council, is extended from one year (as in 1752) to 



five years. 



