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 will be present at the Meetings of the Society, as often as conveniently we can; especially at the anniversary Elections, and upon extraordinary Occasions; and that we will observe the Statutes and Orders of the said Society: Provided, that whenever any of us shall signify to the President under his Hand, that he desires to withdraw from the Society, he shall be free from this Obligation for the future.

Every Fellow shall pay his Admission-Money, and afterwards Contribution, towards the defraying of the Charges of Observations and Experiments, &c.

The ordinary Meetings of the Royal Society shall be held once a Week, where none shall be present, besides the Fellows, without the leave of the Society, under the Degree of a Baron in one of his Majesty's three Kingdoms, or of his Majesty's Privy Council; or unless he be an eminent Foreigner, and these only without the leave of the President.

The Business of their weekly Meetings shall be, To order, take account, consider, and discourse of, philosophical Experiments and Observations; to read, hear, and discourse upon, Letters, Reports, and other Papers, containing philosophical Matters; as also to view, and discourse upon the Productions and Rarities of Nature, and Art; and to consider what to reduce from them, or how they may be improved for Use or Discovery.

The Experiments that be made at the Charge of the Society; two Curators at least shall be appointed for the Inspection of those which cannot be performed before the Society; by them the bare Report of Matter of Fact shall be stated and returned.

The Election of Fellows shall be made by way of Ballot; and their Admission by a solemn Declaration made by the President of their Election. Rh