﻿VII. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  Ordinary 
  Fellows 
  shall 
  be 
  unlimited. 
  

  

  VIII. 
  

  

  The 
  Ordinary 
  Fellows, 
  upon 
  producing 
  an 
  order 
  from 
  the 
  Treasurer, 
  shall 
  be 
  

   entitled 
  to 
  receive 
  from 
  the 
  Publisher, 
  gratis, 
  the 
  Parts 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  Trans- 
  

   actions 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  published 
  subsequent 
  to 
  their 
  admission. 
  

  

  IX. 
  

  

  No 
  person 
  shall 
  be 
  proposed 
  as 
  an 
  Ordinary 
  Fellow, 
  without 
  a 
  recommenda- 
  

   tion 
  subscribed 
  by 
  One 
  Ordinary 
  Fellow, 
  to 
  the 
  purport 
  below.* 
  This 
  recom- 
  

   mendation 
  shall 
  be 
  delivered 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  and 
  by 
  him 
  laid 
  before 
  the 
  Council, 
  

   and 
  shall 
  afterwards 
  be 
  printed 
  in 
  the 
  circulars 
  for 
  three 
  Ordinary 
  Meetings 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society, 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  election, 
  and 
  shall 
  lie 
  upon 
  the 
  table 
  during 
  

   that 
  time. 
  

  

  X. 
  

  

  Honorary 
  Fellows 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  any 
  Contribution. 
  This 
  class 
  shall 
  

   consist 
  of 
  persons 
  eminently 
  distinguished 
  for 
  science 
  or 
  literature, 
  Its 
  number 
  

   shall 
  not 
  exceed 
  Fifty-six, 
  of 
  whom 
  twenty 
  may 
  be 
  British 
  subjects, 
  and 
  thirty- 
  

   six 
  may 
  be 
  subjects 
  of 
  foreign 
  states. 
  

  

  XI. 
  

  

  Personages 
  of 
  Royal 
  Blood 
  may 
  be 
  elected 
  Honorary 
  Fellows, 
  without 
  regard 
  

   to 
  the 
  limitation 
  of 
  numbers 
  specified 
  in 
  Law 
  X. 
  

  

  XII. 
  

   Honorary 
  Fellows 
  may 
  be 
  proposed 
  by 
  the 
  Council, 
  or 
  by 
  a 
  recommendation 
  

   (in 
  the 
  form 
  given 
  below)f 
  subscribed 
  by 
  three 
  Ordinary 
  Fellows 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  

  

  * 
  " 
  A. 
  B., 
  a 
  gentleman 
  well 
  skilled 
  in 
  several 
  branches 
  of 
  Science 
  (or 
  Polite 
  Literature 
  as 
  the 
  

   " 
  case 
  may 
  be), 
  being 
  to 
  my 
  knowledge 
  desirous 
  of 
  becoming 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  of 
  Edin- 
  

   " 
  burgh, 
  I 
  hereby 
  recommend 
  him 
  as 
  deserving 
  of 
  that 
  honour, 
  and 
  as 
  likely 
  to 
  prove 
  a 
  useful 
  and 
  

   " 
  valuable 
  Member." 
  

  

  This 
  recommendation 
  to 
  be 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  request 
  of 
  admission 
  signed 
  by 
  the 
  Candidate. 
  

  

  ■j- 
  We 
  hereby 
  recommend 
  

  

  for 
  the 
  distinction 
  of 
  being 
  made 
  an 
  Honorary 
  Fellow 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  declaring 
  that 
  each 
  of 
  us 
  from 
  

   our 
  own 
  knowledge 
  of 
  his 
  services 
  to 
  {Literature 
  or 
  Science 
  as 
  the 
  case 
  may 
  be) 
  believe 
  him 
  to 
  be 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  that 
  honour. 
  

  

  (To 
  be 
  signed 
  by 
  three 
  Ordinary 
  Fellows.) 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  President 
  and 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  

   of 
  Edinburgh. 
  

  

  