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The assent of at least five-sixths of the number voting 

 shall be requisite for the admission of a candidate. 



XXIII. Every new Member or Associate shall J em S s sha11 

 receive due notice 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 privilege 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 obligation in the Statute Book of the Society, after 



which he shall be introduced to the Society by the 



Chairman. No Member or Associate shall be at liberty conditions of 



to withdraw from the Society without previously Resi & nation - 



giving notice in writing to one of the Secretaries of 



his intention to withdraw, and returning all books 



or other property of the Society in his possession. 



Members and Associates 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. 



XXIV. Gentlemen not resident in Victoria, who g on ° rar y 

 are distinguished for their attainments in science, 

 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. 



XXV. Members of the Society, resident in Mel- Subscriptions, 

 bourne, or within ten miles thereof, shall pay two 

 guineas annually, Members residing beyond that dis- 



* The obligation referred to is as follows : — 



Royal Society op 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 or Associate thereof. 

 (Signed) 

 Address 

 Date 



