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



The Society was established for the commtinication 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-oflficio 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 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 perma- 

 nently residing abroad, are exempt from one-half 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 affairs of the Society 

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

 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, Sti-and, 

 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 Eesearch. 



The Journal, containing the Transactions and Proceedings of the 

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

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

 published bi-monthly, and is forwarded gratis to all Ordinary and Ex- 

 ofificio 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 7 to 10 p.m. also. It is closed 

 during August. 



Forms of proposal for Fellowship, and any further information, may he obtained by 

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

 King's College, Strand, W.C. a 2 



