n;o KKCOK1) OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



, ,u that \\ould propose a Candidate shall first give in his name to 



be Councell, that so in the next Councell it may be discoursed viva 



,D is known to be so qualified as in probability to be 



!l to the Society. And if the Councell return no other Answer but that 



v further time to be acquainted with the gentleman proposed, the 



take- that tor an Answer. And if they are well assured that the 



Candidate mnv In- u>el'ull to the Society then the Candidate shall be proposed 



at tlu- nt-xt meeting of the Society and ballotted according to the Statute in 



that behalf, and shall immediately sign the usual Bond and pay his admission 



money upon hi> Admission." 



V ither the Statute of 1663, nor the Edition of 1752, make any mention of 

 the Bond for the payment of the contribution'; the words first occur in the 

 Kdition of 177(5, but the actual Bonds preserved in the Archives of the Society 



,m January 1, 1674, onwards. (See Note on p. 173.) 



In 17:JS, January 4th (1727 old style), the following Statute was passed, that 

 of His-.' being apparently repealed: 



1 on to be Elected Fellow of the Society shall first at a Meeting 



of tin Society he propounded as a candidate to be approved by the Council, 

 and shall he recommended by three members, one of which at least shall be a 

 member of the Council, and one of them shall at the same Time mention and 

 i\ the qualification of the said Candidate. And afterwards such Person 

 shall at another meeting of the Society (whereat there shall be a competent 

 Number for making Elections) be referred back from the Council if approved, 

 and shall then be propounded and put to the Vote for Election Saving 

 and Kxccpling that it shall be free for every one of his Majesties Subjects who 

 or the son of a Peer of Great Britain or Ireland, and for every one 

 of hi- Majest ies l'ri\ v ( 'ouncil of either of the said kingdoms to be propounded 

 i\ single Person and to be put to the Vote for Election on the same Day, 

 being promt a competent Number for making Elections. 1 

 This, ho\\e\er, was in turn, very soon, viz., in 1730, changed to the follow- 

 all mention of Council being omitted from the Statute: 

 ' ^v on to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, shall be 



propounded and recommended at a meeting of the Society by three or more 

 Meinber> ; \\ho shall then deliver to one of the Secretaries a paper, signed by 

 themselves \\ith their own names, specifying the name, addition, profession, 

 '.'.ition, and chief qualificat ions; the- inventions, discoveries, works, writings, 

 kher production* of the candidate for Election; as also notifying the usual 

 of his habitation. 



\\hieh paper, with the date of the day when delivered, shall 



!H' fixed up in the common meeting room ofthe Society at ten several ordinary 



be said candidate shall be put to the ballot: Saving and 



tin^, that it. shall be free for every one of his Majesty's subjects, who is a 



: (ireat Britain or Ireland, and for everyone of his 



