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Number of Members of the Institute decorated with the Order of St. Michel.		Total Number of that Order.
Grand Croix . . . . . . .	2	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$100
Chevalier . . . . . . . . .	27

Amongst the members of the Institute there are,—

Dukes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2
Marquis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1
Counts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4
Viscounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2
Barons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	14
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23
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Of these there are Peers of France	5

We might, on turning over the list of the 685 members of the Royal Society, find a greater number of peers than there are in the Institute of France; but a fairer mode of instituting the comparison, is to inquire how many titled members there are amongst those who have contributed to its Transactions. In 1827, there were one hundred and nine members who had contributed to the Transactions of the Royal Society; amongst these were found:—