Minutes of the Academy. 
That for Chap. II., 17. There shall be three Sections of Honorary 
Members, corresponding to the threefold objects of the Academy, 
and the numbers in each Section shall be limited as follows :; — 
Section of Science, 30 ; of Literature, 15 ; of Antiquities, 15 ; 
total, 60. And the one-half, at least, of Honorary Members in 
each Section shall be foreigners ;" 
he substituted : — There shall be two sections of Honorary Members, 
and the number in each shall be limited as follows : Section of 
Science, 30 ; of Literature and Antiquities, 30 ; total 60 ; and one- 
half, at least, of the Honorary Members in each Section shall be 
foreigners." 
That for Chap. Y., 6, J. This list shall be divided into three, each 
consisting of not less than fourteen names, containing the names 
of such persons as shall be deemed qualified to serve on the three 
Committees of which the Council is composed ;" 
le substituted: — ''This list shall be divided into two Sections, the 
first consisting of twenty-two names, the second of twenty names, 
being those of such persons as shall be deemed qualified to serve 
respectively, on the Committee of Science, and on that of Litera- 
ture and Antiquities." 
That in Chap. Y., 6, e. ''The names of such Members as shall be found 
to have attended less than ten meetings of the Council (including 
stated meetings of any one Committee of Council) during the year, 
before the meeting at which the lists are prepared, and exclusive 
of that meeting (at which they shall have no seat), shall be omitted 
in the preparation of the list of forty-three names required by the 
Charter, and shall not be included in the Council of the preceding 
year, but shall be treated as if such Members had died or resigned ; 
provided that, if any Member of Council shall have been elected in 
the middle of the year, he shall not be required to attend ten 
meetings in order to retain his place in the list, but only such a 
proportion of the whole number of meetings since his election, 
as the Council shall judge to be equivalent to ten out of the whole 
number ; 
[The Committees intended by the foregoing resolution are the 
Committees of Science, Polite Literature, Antiquities, Publication, 
Economy, and Library ;] 
after "the whole number," he added: — "Provided also that the 
Council shall have power to accept six attendances instead of ten, 
from non-resident members of the Council ; non-residents being 
defined as persons residing at a distance exceeding twenty miles 
from the General Post Office. The number of Members to whom 
this privilege may be given shall not exceed four." 
That the last sentence of Chap. Y, 6, e.^ he omitted. 
That in Chap. Y., 6, i. " The President for the expiring year, if retiring 
from the Chair, in accordance with the recommendation of the 
