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



The Society was established for the communication and discussion of 

 observations and discoveries (1) tending to improvements in the construction 

 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 Eecommendation, 

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

 Candidate, of whom one of the proposers must have personal knowledge. 

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

 for at the succeeding Meeting. 



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

 subsequently on 1st January annually, with an Entrance Fee of £2 2s. Future 

 payments of the former may be compounded for at any time for £31 10*. Fel- 

 lows 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 residing 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 recom- 

 mend 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 affairs of the Society is 

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

 dents, 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. (com- 

 mencing 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 Eesearch. 



The Journal, containing the Transactions and Proceedings of the 

 Society, with a Summary of Current Eesearches relating to Zoology and Botany 

 (principally Invertebrate 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 Fellowship, and any further information, may be obtained by 

 application to the Secretaries, or Assistant- Secretary, at the Library of the Society, King's 

 College, Strand, W.C. 



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