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(e) HONORARY IilEMBEI?SHll’. ]5otanists, vvliether British or 
Foreign, who have rendered special service to the Society oi 
its objects may, on the recommendation of the C'oiincil at a Goncial 
iMeeting, be elected Honorary Members, wlio shall enjoy all the 
privileges of membership. Nominees for Honorary Membeiship 
shall, before their names are sul)mitted by the Council to a 
General Meeting, obtain the votes of not less than three-quarters 
of those present in Council. The numbers of Honorary Members 
shall not be added to when the sum total of such members exceeds 
eight per cent, of the total paying members of the Society as on 
the last day of the preceding year. 
5. SUBSOB IBERS 
Botanical or Natural History Societies, Libraries, Museums, Botanical 
Gardens, and similar Institutions, which are unable to conform with the 
conditions of Rule 4(d), shall be entitled to become Subscribers at the 
rate of subscription applicable to Ordinary Members. They shall be en- 
titled to the privileges of ordinaiy membership 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 possilile, 
and their acceptance and retention as Subscribers is subject to the 
absolute discretion of the Council. 
6. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
(a) The annual subscription shall he one guinea for Ordinary Members. 
(b) Annual subscriptions are payable upon the first day of January in 
each year. 
(c) The annual subscription of members who join the Society on or 
after the first day of October shall cover the period ending on the 
thirty-first day of December of the following year. 
(d) Notice shall be given to eveiy 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 present. 
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)). 
