THE 



ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



(Founded in 1839. Incorporated by Eoyal Charter in 1866.) 



The Society was established for the communication and discussion 

 of observations and discoveries (1) tending to improvements in the con- 

 struction and mode of application of the Microscope, or (2) relating to 

 Biological or other subjects of Microscopical Eesearch. 



It consists of Ordinary, Honorary, and Ex-Officio Fellows. 



Ordinary Fellows are elected on a Certificate of Recommendation 

 signed by three Fellows, stating the names, residence, description, &c., of 

 the Candidate, of whom one of the proposers must have personal know- 

 ledge. The Certificate is read at a Monthly Meeting, and the Candidate 

 balloted for at the succeeding Meeting. 



The Annual Subscription is 21. 2s., payable in advance on election, 

 and subsequently on 1st January annually, with an entrance Fee of 21. 2s. 

 Future payments of the former may be compounded for at any time for 

 31Z. 10s. Fellows elected at a meeting subsequent to that in February are 

 only called upon for a proportionate part of the first year's subscription, 

 and Fellows absent from the United Kingdom for a year, or permanently re- 

 siding abroad, are exempt from one-fourth of the subscription during absence. 



Honorary Fellows (limited to 50), consisting of persons eminent 

 in Microscopical or Biological Science, are elected on the Recommendation 

 of three Fellows and the approval of the Council. 



Ex-officio Fellows (limited to 100) consist of the Presidents for 

 the time being of such Societies at home and abroad as the Council may 

 recommend and a Monthly Meeting approve. They are entitled to receive 

 the Society's Publications, and to exercise all other privileges of Fellows, 

 except voting, but are not required to pay any entrance Fee or Annual 

 Subscription. 



The Council, in whom the management of the afi"airs of the Society 

 is vested, is elected annually, and is composed of the President, four Vice- 

 Presidents, Treasurer, two Secretaries, and twelve other Fellows. 



The Meetings are held on the Second Wednesday in each month, 

 from October to June, in the Society's Library at King's College, Strand, 

 W.C. (commencing at 8 p.m.). Visitors are admitted by the introduction of 

 Fellows. 



In each Session two additional evenings are devoted to the exhibition 

 of Instruments, Apparatus, and Objects of novelty or interest relating to 

 the Microscope or the subjects of Microscopical Research. 



The Journal, containing the Transactions and Proceedings of the 

 Society, with a Summary of Current Researches relating to Zoology and 

 Botany (principally Invertebrata and Cryptogamia), Microscopy, &c., is 

 published bi-monthly, and is forwarded post-free to all Ordinary and 

 Ex-officio Fellows residing in countries within the Postal Union. 



The Library, with the Instruments, Apparatus, and Cabinet of 

 Objects, is open for the use of Fellows daily (except Saturdays), from 10 

 A.M. to 5 P.M., and on Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m. also. It is closed 

 for four weeks during August and September. 



Forms of proposal for FeUowship, and any further information, may be obtained by 

 application to the Secretaries, or As8i$tant-Secretary, at the Library of the Society, Xing'* 

 College, Strand, W.C. 



