I7o KFAOK1) OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



!o tin- Assistant Secretary were amended, the separate 

 I tor Librarian and House Keeper being omitted. 

 . tin- then-existing Statute, Cap. I, Stat. v (enacted in 1831), that 

 Mou -. or for Foreign Members, shall take place excepting on 

 tin- first onlinarv meetings of the Society in December, February, April, and 

 .fin Vd. 



In the nt At edition. IS 10. the most notable change concerns the election of 



oiineil. These are to be put in nomination by the President and 



( ounril. according to the plan at present in use. Anew Chapter, ' Of Special 



ral Meetings of tin- Society," is added. The composition fee is raised to 



M of Fellows elected after December 11, 1834, except such as 



contributed papers to the 'Philosophical Transactions'; the Statutes 



ruing publications are thrown into one chapter ; and some slight changes 



i.-ule in the Statutes concerning the Treasurer and Secretaries. Cap. XI, 



h- ordinary Meetings of the Society/ provides for the recess from the 



third Thursday in June to the third Thursday in November, and, as mentioned 



.-dio\e. for the omission of meetings on certain days. 



V. THE STATUTES OF 1847. 



i after, however, vi/., in 1846, a Committee of Council was appointed to 



der the mode of Election of Fellows, with the result that in 1847 new 



en enacted, regulating the Election of fifteen Fellows annually, 



linn to the plan at present in use. These Statutes which mark an 



important epoch in the history of the Society have been given above on 



pp. l:Jl to 1 Ik 



VI. Tin. STATTTES KKOM 1847 TO 1888. 



The most notable changes which since 1847 have been proposed or enacted 

 are as follows : 



On November .>rd, 1864, the repeal of the Statute relating to the admission 

 ()t * Hi' 1 meetings was moved, but negatived ; and -again, on March 



' JNf < propose] that the public be admitted to the Ordinary Meetings 



9 icii-ty was negatived. 



In I Sf,:, t h,- privileged class (Cap. I, Stat. iv) was extended to include Foreign 

 - d \n Her Majesty as Imperial Highness or Royal Highness \ 

 In IHr.fi the practice of paying for a proportional part of the year was 



ual payment was made one in advance. 

 In ' l|llf( u; ^ '"acted prohibiting the payment of dividends to 



Fell., 



On October ,3()th, 1 s;'.",. u,,,,,, }l motion to assimilate the mode of election 



" r "" 1'nv.le, to that of Ordinary Fellows, to place in the hands of the 



il the ^lection of *,,< [, ( andidates, and to require evidence of ascertained 



Mid deposition to forward the aims of the Society from excep- 



