THE 
ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 
(Established in 1839. Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1866.) 
The Society was established for the promotion of Microscopical 
and Biological Science by the communication, discussion, and publication 
of observations and discoveries relating to (1) Improvements in the con- 
struction and mode of application of the Microscope, or (2) Biological or 
other subjects of Microscopical Research. 
It consists of Ordinary, Honorary, and Ex-officio Fellows, without 
distinction of sex. 
Ordinary Fellows are elected on a Certificate of Recommendation 
signed by three Ordinary Fellows, setting forth the names, residence, and 
description of the Candidate, of whom the first proposer must have personal 
knowledge. The Certificate is read at two General Meetings, and the 
Candidate balloted for at the second Meeting. 
The Admission Fee is 21. 2s., and the Annual Subscription 21. 2s. 
payable on election and subsequently in advance on 1st January annually, 
but future payments may be compounded for at any time for 31 1. 10s. 
Fellows elected at a meeting subsequent to that in February are only called 
upon for a proportionate part of the first year’s subscription, and Fellows 
permanently residing abroad are exempt from one-fourth of the annual 
subscription. 
Honorary Fellows (limited to 50), consisting of persons eminent 
in Microscopical or Biological Science, are elected on the recommendation 
of five Ordinary Fellows and the approval of the Council. 
Ex-officio Fellows (limited to 100), consisting of the Presidents 
for the time being of any Societies having objects in whole or in part similar 
to those of the Society, are elected on the recommendation of ten Ordinary 
Fellows and the approval of the Council. 
The Council, in whom the management of the property and affairs 
of the Society is vested, is elected annually, and is composed of the Presi- 
dent, four Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, two Secretaries, and twelve other 
Ordinary Fellows. 
The Meeting's are held on the third Wednesday in each month, 
from October to June, at 20, Hanover Square, W. (commencing at 8 p.m.). 
Visitors are admitted by the introduction of Fellows. 
In each Session two additional evenings are devoted to the exhibition 
of Instruments, Apparatus, and Objects of novelty or interest relating to 
the Microscope or the subjects of Microscopical Research. 
The Journal, containing the Transactions and Proceedings of the 
Society, and a Summary of Current Researches relating to Zoology and 
Botany (principally Invertebrata and Cryptogamia), Microscopy, <fec,, is 
published bi-monthly, and is forwarded post-free to all Ordinary and 
1 Ex-officio Fellows residing in countries within the Postal Union. 
The Library, with the Instruments, Apparatus, and Cabinet of 
Objects, is open for the use of Fellows daily (except Saturdays), from 
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and from 6 to 10 p.m. on Wednesdays from November to 
dune. It is closed for four weeks during August and September. 
Forms of proposal for Fellowship, and any further information, may be obtained by 
application to the Secretaries , or Assistant-Secretary, at the Library of the Society, 
20, Hanover Square, W. 
