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Members. sents, under their respective Hands, in writing, appoint such 

 other persons to be Fellows, Honorary Members, and Foreign 

 Members of the said Society, as they may respectively think 

 fit. And We do further declare and grant, that, for the better 

 Rule and Government of the said Society, and for the better 

 direction, management, and execution of the Business and 

 Concerns thereof, there shall be thenceforth for ever, a Coun- 

 cil, President, Treasurer, and Secretary, of the said Society, 

 to be elected in manner herein after mentioned ; and that 

 con"" tins SUctl ^ ounc ^ sna11 consisl of fifteen Members to be elected 

 Fellows. from among the Fellows as herein after directed, whereof 

 any five shall be a quorum ; and we do hereby nominate 

 First Council and appoint the said George, Earl of Dartmouth; Edward, 

 name ' Earl Powis; Brownlow, Lord Bishop of Winchester; John, 

 Lord Selsey ; Charles Greville, Sir Joseph Banks, William 

 Townsend Aiton, John Elliot, Thomas Andrew Knight, 

 Charles Miller, Richard Anthony Salisbury, John Trevelyan, 

 James Dickson, Thomas Hoy, and William Smith, to be the 

 First Presi- first Council ; the said George, Earl of Dartmouth, to be the 

 First Treasu- first President; the said Charles Greville to be the first 

 First Secre- Treasurer ; and the said Richard Anthony Salisbury to be 

 tar y- the first Secretary to the said Society ; all and each of the 



in° office in tm aforesaid Officers and Counsellors to continue in such their 

 i8w* Y ' res P ective Offices until the First Day of May, One Thou- 

 sand Eight Hundred and Ten : and that the said George, 

 Sen "to ^ "^ ar * °* ^ a, lmoutn » sna U have power to appoint such four 

 point4Mem- persons, from and amongst the Members of the said Council, 

 first coundi to be Vice-Presidents of the said Society, as he shall think fit, 

 PresWenTr" until some other persons shall be chosen in their respective 

 rooms, in the manner herein after mentioned. And it is Our 



