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Resident Membership is not restricted to specialists, but is 

 open to those who take a general interest in science and desire 

 to promote the work of the Academy by their subscriptions. 



The initiation fee is ^5, and the annual dues are ^10.' Pay- 

 ment of these confers upon Members full privileges and the right 

 to all publications. By payment of ^ 1 00 a Member may become 

 a Life Member, commuting his annual dues. Donors of ^1,000 

 become Patrons, and have all the privileges of Life or Resident 

 Members. 



Members are elected as follows : The candidates are proposed 

 publicly, in writing, at any meeting, by a Fellow or Member ; 

 and the nominations, together with the name of the person mak- 

 ing them, are referred to the Council ; if approved, the candi- 

 dates may be elected by ballot at any succeeding business meeting. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of the Academy at preseiit consist of two 

 series — The Annals (octavo) and Tlie Memoirs (quarto). All 

 are distributed to Members and Fellows, and are circulated in 

 exchange for the publications of nearly all the foreign and Amer- 

 ican Academies and learned Societies. The Annals, which 

 opened in 1824, contain the longer contributions and reports of 

 researches, together with the reports of meetings. The Trans- 

 actions, in which the shorter papers and business reports have 

 hitherto appeared, are now abolished and the matter appears in 

 the Annals. The complete volumes of Annals now coincide with 

 the calender year, and appear with a new typography and ar- 

 rangement of pages. 



Under the present system of printing, an author can secure 

 immediate publication and distribution of a discovery in which 

 it is important to establish priority. The present edition of the 

 Annals is 1,250. The Memoirs, issued in quarto form, are 

 adapted to papers requiring large plates or tabulations. But 

 one number has thus far been issued. 



LIBRARY. 



The Library numbers over 18,000 titles, and is especially 

 rich in sets of the publications of American and Foreign Societies. 



