THE 
ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 
The Society was founded in 1839 (incorporated by Koyal Charter 
in 1866) for the communication and discussion of observations and 
discoveries tending to improvements in the construction and in the 
mode of application of the Microscope, or relating to subjects of Micro- 
scopical observation. 
The Society consists of Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Corresponding 
Fellows, and Associates. 
The Council is elected annually by the Fellows, and is composed 
of the President, four Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, two Secretaries, and 
twelve other Fellows. 
Candidates for admission as Fellows must bo proposed by three or 
more Fellows, who must sign a Certificate of Recommendation stating 
the names, residence, description, and qualifications of the Candidate, 
of whom the proposer whose name stands first upon the Certificate 
must have personal knowledge. This Certificate is read at the next 
Ordinary (or Annual) Meeting, and the Candidate is balloted for at 
the succeeding Meeting. 
The Entrance Fee is 2Z. 2s., and the Annual Subscription (payable 
in advance on election, and subsequently on 1st January annually) is 
2Z. 2s. Future payments of the latter may be compounded for at any 
time by a payment of 21Z. Fellows elected in the months of October, 
November, or December will not bo called upon for a second sub- 
scription during the succeeding year, and Fellows absent from the 
United Kingdom for a year, or permanently residing abroad, are 
exempted from one-half the usual subscription during absence. 
The Ordinary Meetings of the Society commence on the second 
Wednesday in October, and are continued on the second Wednesday 
in each month until June. They are held at King’s College, Strand, 
W.C., and commence at 8 p.m. Visitors are admitted by the intro- 
duction of Fellows. 
Twice in each Session an evening is devoted to the exhibition of 
objects and apparatus of novelty or interest relating to the Micro- 
scope or the subjects of Microscopical Research. 
The Journal of the Society, containing its Transactions and 
Proceedings, with other Microscopical information, is published 
bi-monthly, and is forwarded free of charge to all Fellows. 
The Library of the Society at King’s College is open for the use 
of Fellows on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, from 
11 A.M. to 4 P.M., and on Wednesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. It is closed 
during August. 
Forms of proposal for Fellowship, and any further information, 
may be obtained by application to the Secretaries, or to Mr. Walter 
W. Reeves, Assistant- Secretary, King’s College, Strand, W.C. 
