148 KKCOK1) OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



XX. A hook .shall IK.- kept in which Fellows of the Society may enter the 



tho-e iiuii of science whom they suggest as Foreign Members; each 

 entry shall he >ium<l hv the proposer and be accompanied by a statement of 

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

 tin-. ' ily. 



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



persona M> entered shall be sent to each Member of the Council, 



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



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 



il 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 >econ<l Meeting the selection of Candidates to be so nomi- 

 I tor 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- 

 . his name shall he proposed at the next Ordinary Meeting of the Society, 

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



CHAT. II Of the Obligation to be Subscribed. 



F\ i K v IKTSOII elected a Fellow of the Society shall, before his admission, sub- 

 he the Obligation in the following words: 



HY whn litiir hereunto subscribed, do hereby promise each for himself , that we 



,11 endeavour t<> promote the good of the Royal Society of London, for 



/nijjfor/n^- Xatural Knowledge^ and to pursue the ends for which the same was 



<1cd that we ic ill he present at the Meetings of the Society, as often as 



m, cxjiee'inUy at the Anniversary Elections, and upon extra- 



ordi/nir// nernsitmji ; tind that ice will observe the Statutes and Orders of the said 



,-ided, thnt whensoever any of us shall signify to the President 



under lii.s hand, thnt he dcxireth to withdraw from the Society, he shall be free 



i tills Obligation Jvr the future. 



<1 if any person elected shall refuse to subscribe the said Obligation, the 

 ion of thai person shall he void. 



Cn.\i. Ill Of the J'iu/im-nt.\ to be made by the Fellows to the Society. 

 Anm.,-,1 I. raon elected a Fellow of the Society shall, before he is admitted, 



// /mum/A' for admission money, the sum of four pounds for 



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 



1 to p.-iy the sud Minis, he shall not be admitted, and his Election shall 



id sums be remitted in whole, or in part, by special 



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



tuttt XII and XIII of Chapter I, the admission fee of each 



