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and with the privileges of Non-resident Members. The Members at 

 present called Non-resident shall have an option of becoming Ordinary 

 Members ; if they decline this, they shall continue Non-resident as for- 

 merly. 



X. 



The Foreign Members shall not be subject to the Annual Contribu- 

 tions, nor to any Fee on admission. They shall be limited to the num- 

 ber of Thirty-six, and shall consist of Foreigners distinguished in 

 Science and Literature. 



XI. 



The Honorary Members shall not be subject to the Annual Contri- 

 bution, nor to any Fee on admission. They shall be limited to the 

 number of Twenty-one, and shall consist of Gentlemen eminently dis- 

 tinguished in Science and Literature. 



XII. 



The Election of Members shall take place on the 1st Mondays of 

 every month during the Session, at the ordinary meetings of the So- 

 ciety, which shall be considered as General Meetings for the Election 

 of Members. The Election shall be by Ballot, and shall be determin- 

 ed by a majority of votes, provided Twenty-four Members are present, 

 and vote. 



XIII. 



No person shall be proposed as an Ordinary Member, without a re- 

 commendation subscribed by One Ordinary Member, to the purport 

 below*. This recommendation shall be delivered to the Secretary, 



3 R 2 and 



* " A. B. a gentleman well skilled in several branches of Science (or Polite Litera- 

 ture, as the case may be) being to my knowledge desirous of becoming a Member of 

 the Royal Society of Edinburgh, I hereby recommend him as deserving of that honour, 

 and as likely to prove an useful and valuable Member. 



