EARLY HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



III. Anatomical. (All the Physicians of the Society.) 

 IV. Chymical. (The Physicians and 7 other names.) 

 V. Georgical. (Agriculture.) (32 names.) 

 VI. For Histories of Trades. (35 names.) 

 VII. For collecting all the Phenomena of Nature hitherto 

 observed and recorded, and all experiments made 

 and recorded. (21 names.) 

 VIII. For Correspondence. 



Since 1847 the number of Fellows to be elected each 

 year is restricted to fifteen, which is slightly in excess of 

 the yearly average of deaths. The Council may once in 

 two years recommend to the Society for election, not more 

 than two persons who have rendered conspicuous service 

 to science, or whose election might be of signal benefit to 

 the Society. 



A British Prince of the Blood Royal is eligible for 

 immediate election. 



H.M. the King, who as Prince of Wales was elected a 

 Fellow in 1863, was pleased on his accession to become the 

 Patron of the Society, in succession to our late revered 

 Sovereign and Patron, Queen Victoria. 



H.R.H. the Prince of Wales was elected a Fellow in 

 1893, and was pleased to attend an ordinary meeting of 

 the Society on 6th February 1902, for the purpose of 

 being formally admitted into the Society. The late Marquis 

 of Salisbury, a Fellow of the Society, then Prime Minister, 

 introduced His Royal Highness, who, after having sub- 

 scribed the Obligation of the Charter Book, was formally 



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