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assent of at least five-sixths of the number voting 

 shall be requisite for the admission of a candidate. 



XXIII. Every new Member shall receive due notice Members shaii 

 of his election, and be supplied with a copy of the ^'^ ^^^^* 

 obligation,* together with a copy of the Laws of the 

 Society. He shall not be entitled to enjoy any privi- 

 lege of the Society, nor shall his name be printed in 

 the List of Members, until he shall have paid his 

 admission fee and first annual subscription, and have 

 returned to the Secretaries the obligation signed by 

 himself He shall at the first meeting of the Society 

 at which he is present sign a duplicate of the obliga- 

 tion in the Statute Book of the Society, after which 

 he shall be introduced to the Society by the Chairman. 

 No Member shall be at liberty to withdraw from the conditions of 

 Society without previously giving notice in writing to designation. 

 one of the Secretaries of his intention to withdraw, 

 and returning all books or other property of the Society 

 in his possession. Members will be considered liable 

 for the payment of all subscriptions due from them up 

 to the date at which they give written notice of their 

 intention to withdraw from the Society. 



XXIY. Gentlemen not resident in Victoria, who Honorary 

 are distinguished for their attainments in science, ^e™^®^^- 

 literature, or art, may be proposed for election as 

 Honorary Members, on the recommendation of an 

 absolute majority of the Council. The election shall 

 be conducted in the same manner as that of ordinary 

 Members, but nine-tenths of the votes must be in 

 favour of the candidate. 



XXY. Members of the Society, resident in Mel- subscriptions. 

 bourne, or within ten miles thereof, shall pay two 

 guineas annually, and Members residing beyond that 

 distance shall pay one guinea annually. The sub- 



* The obligation referred to is as follows ; — 



Royal Society of Victoria. 

 I, the undersigned, do hereby engage that I will endeavour to 

 promote the interests and welfare of the Royal Society of 

 Victoria, and to observe its laws, as long as I shall remain a 

 member thereof. 



(Signed) 

 Address 

 Date 



