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IUJI;ES 
(e) IlUiNOKARV 1 IP. IJotauists, whether Pntish or 
Eoreigu, who have rendered specdal service to the Societj- or 
its objects may, on the recommendation of the Council at a General 
Meeting, be eiected Honorary Members, who shall enjoy all the 
privileges of membership. Nominees for Ilonorajy Mendiership 
shall, before their names are sulmiitted by the Council to a 
General Meeting, obtain the votes of not less than three-quarters 
of those ])resent in Council. The numbers of Honorary Members 
shall not be added to when the sum total of such members exceeds 
eight jier cent, of the total paying members of the Society as on 
the last day of the j)receding year. 
5. SUBSCIUBEPS 
Botanical or Natural History Societies, Libraries, Museums, BotaiiU’al 
Gardens, and similar Institutions, which are unable to conform with the 
conditions of Rule 4(d), shall l>e entitled to become Subscribers at the 
rate of subscription applicable to Ordinary Members. They shall be en- 
titled to the privileges of ordinary membershii) except that they shall be 
entitled to send not more than one representative to any meeting of 
the Society, and only accredited representatives of Societies shall be 
entitled to vote. They shall consult the Panel only through their secre- 
tariat. They are expected to support the objects of the Society and to 
accept the responsibilities of Ordinary Membership as far as ]jossible, 
and their acceptance and retention as Subscribers is subject to the 
absolute discretion of the Council. 
6. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
(a) The annual subscription shall be one guinea for Ordinar3' Mendjers. 
(b) Annual subscriptions are payable upon the first daj" of January in 
each year. 
(c) 1'he annual subscrij)tion of members who join the Society on or 
after the first day of Octol)er shall cover the period ending on the 
thirty-first day of December of the following year. 
(d) Notice shall be given to every member of his subscription being 
due. 
(e) Any member whose subscription shall be in arrear for two years on 
the first day of January in any year shall cease to be a member. 
7. LIFE MEMBERSHIP 
Members who have already compounded for Life Membership shall con- 
tinue to enjoy all the privileges of Ordinary Members. No further Life 
Members shall be accepted for the irresent. 
8. PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERSHIP 
Each member of the Society shall be entitled: — 
(a) To receive one copy of the Society’s periodical publications as issued 
(except as provided under Rule 4 (c)). 
