Art, has called into being an Academy with every promise of advantage to the Fine Arts; and now the members of this Society have to acknowledge a like service rendered to Letters and Science.

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We learn with deep regret that this may be the last opportunity afforded us personally to express to Your Excellency the high sense which we entertain of your disinterested zeal in this cause. will be our earnest endeavour to secure by our united labours the advantages to this Dominion which Your Excellency has indicated as a legitimate object of hope from the united action of the representatives of the various departments of Science and Letters thus brought into active co-operation; and should the high expectations which have been given expression to, be hereafter realized in any adequate degree, it will be a pleasure to ourselves, and to those who shall succeed us, to recall the unwearied kindness and courtesy with which Your Excellency has enabled us to carry out the first steps in the organization of this Society.

We trust that the years spent by your Excellency and Her Royal Highness in Canada may recall no less pleasant memories than those which we shall ever associate with the period of your GovernorGeneralship.

We now desire to convey to you our united assurance that in whatever part of the world you may be hereafter called upon to serve the Empire, gratitude for the interest which you have manifested in everything tending to the development of Canada will be associated with the profound respect with which we now greet you as the representative of our Most Gracious Sovereign; and pray that God's choicest blessings may rest on yourself and your Royal Consort.

The foregoing address was agreed to, and it was resolved that it be presented to his Excellency by the whole Society.

The Society then adjourned until the following day at 10 o'clock.

May 25th, 1883.

The members of the Society assembled at the hour of ten o'clock in the Railway Committee room. Mr. George Stewart, Jr., was appointed Secretary pro tempore, in the absence of Mr. J. G. Bourinot.

The Society resumed the consideration of the draft of Regulations prepared by the Council. The sixth section, having been read, was amended as follows on motion of Principal Grant, seconded by Mr. George Stewart, Jr.:

That the Fellows be persons resident in the Dominion of Canada or in Newfoundland, who have published original works or memoirs of merit, or have rendered eminent services to Literature or Science.

The number of members in each section shall be limited to twenty. Any vacancy occurring in any section shall be reported to the section by its Secretary at the first meeting thereafter. The section shall then proceed to nominate by ballot for the filling of such vacancy. The nomination, with reasons stated in writing, shall then be transmitted to the Council and by it submitted for final vote to the Society at its next general meeting.

It was then resolved on motion of Professor McGregor, seconded by Professor Bailey:

That the foregoing section be adopted as a provisional arrangement for the year, and that the Council be requested to furnish the members before or at the next meeting with information which may form a basis of discussion of the subjects of this section.

The seventh section having been read, was amended on motion of Dr. Selwyn, seconded by Principal Grant, by placing the subscription at two dollars a year, or the sum of $20 in one payment in commutation of the same for life ir embership, and by leaving out the last clause, commencing with the words "any member, etc."

On motion of Professor Cherriman, seconded by Professor Johnson, it was resolved to add the following clause to section 7:

Any member may withdraw from the Society and the Society may, by resolution in general

session, on the recommendation of the Council, grant to such member the privilege of retaining his title, and his name shall thenceforward be entered on the lists as a retired member retaining title.

On motion of Professor Johnson, seconded by Dr. Hunt, it was resolved to add the following clause to section 7:

Any member failing to attend three years in succession, without presenting a paper, or assigning reasons in writing satisfactory to the Society, shall be considered to have resigned.

The eighth section, having been read, was amended on motion of Principal Grant, seconded by Dr. Hunt, by leaving out the words "of whom four shall represent each section of the Society." The ninth section, having been read, was amended on motion of Dr. Wilson, seconded by Mr. Kirby, by leaving out the words "between the 15th and 31st May."

The tenth section, having been read, was amended on motion of Professor Cherriman, seconded by Principal Grant, by leaving out the words "by vote of the section," and substituting "a committee of the section," instead of "the committee of the section."

The eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth sections, having beeen read, were agreed to.

The fourteenth section, having been read, was amended, on motion of Professor McGregor, seconded by Principal Grant, by leaving out the words "shall, when necessary, make or revise abstracts of papers, shall superintend the publication of the transactions."

The fifteenth section, having been read, was agreed to.

The sixteenth section, having been read, was amended, on motion of Dr. Wilson, seconded by Principal Grant, by leaving out the words "having reference to the objects of the Society or some of them," as also the words in clause 3, on motion of Principal Grant, seconded by Mr. George Stewart, Jr., "or any of their departments."

On motion of Principal Dawson, seconded by Mr. Saunders, it was resolved to add the following clause to the sixteenth section :

That the ordinary committee of the section shall be limited to three in number, and consist of the officers of the section or any members that the section may select to make up the number.

The Rules, as amended, were then adopted as the present constitution of the Society, and are as follows:

REGULATIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.

1.-Objects of the Society.

The objects of the Society are as set forth in the preamble of the Act of incorporation as follows: first, to encourage studies and investigations in literature and science; secondly, to publish transactions annually or semi-annually, containing the minutes of proceedings at meetings, records of the work performed, original papers and memoirs of merit and such other documents as may be deemed worthy of publication; thirdly, to offer prizes or other inducements for valuable papers on subjects relating to Canada, and to aid researches already begun and carried so far as to render their ultimate value probable; fourthly, to assist in the collection of specimens with a view to the formation of a Canadian museum of archives, ethnology, archæology and natural history.

2.-Name.

By the gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen, the Society will bear the name of the Royal Society of Canada; and the members shall be entitled "Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada."

3.-Honorary President and Patron.

His Excellency the Governor-General shall be the Honorary President and Patron of the Society.

4.-Division into Sections.

The Society shall consist of the four following sections:

1. French Literature, with History, Archæology and allied subjects.

2. English Literature, with History, Archæology and allied subjects.

3. Mathematical, Chemical and Physical Sciences.

4. Geological and Biological Sciences.

The sections may meet separately for the reading and discussion of papers, and for business, at such times and places as may be fixed by the sections under the control of the Council.

5.-Officers.

The officers of the Society shall be a President and Vice-President, with an Honorary Secretary and a Treasurer, to be elected by the whole society; besides a President, Vice-President and Secretary of each section, to be elected by the section. The elections shall be annual.

The officers so elected shall constitute the Council of the Society.

6.-Members.

The Fellows shall be persons resident in the Dominion of Canada or in Newfoundland, who have published original works or memoirs of merit or have rendered eminent services to Literature or to Science.

The number of members in each section shall be limited to twenty. Any vacancy occurring in any section shall be reported to the section by its Secretary at the first meeting thereafter. The section shall then proceed to nominate by ballot for the filling of such vacancy. The nomination, with reasons stated in writing, shall then be transmitted to the Council and by it submitted for final vote to the Society at its next general meeting.

7.-Duties of Members.

Members shall sign the regulations of the Society, shall be presented by the President to the Society at a general meeting of the same, shall attend its stated meetings or send reasons of absence to the Honorary Secretary, and shall pay an annual subscription of $2.00 or the sum of $20.00 in one payment in commutation of the same for life membership. These payments shall entitle members to receive the Transactions of the Society.

Any member may withdraw from the Society and the Society may, by resolution in general session on the recommendation of the Council, grant to such member the privilege of retaining his title, and his name shall thenceforward be entered on the lists as a retired member retaining title.

Any member failing to attend three years in succession, without presenting a paper, or assigning reasons in writing satisfactory to the Society, shall be considered to have resigned.

8.-Corresponding Members.

The Society may elect by ballot on proposal by three members, or on recommendation of the Council, persons not resident in Canada as corresponding members, Such persons must be eminent in literature or science, and evidence to that effect must be presented to the Society at the time of their proposal or recommendation. The number of corresponding members shall be limited to

sixteen.

9.-Meetings.

The Society shall hold an annual meeting in such city of the Dominion as it may determine from time to time. It may at any annual meeting appoint other meetings to be held in the course of the year. The time of holding the annual meeting shall be on a day or days to be determined at

the next previous meeting, or, failing this, by the Council. The offices of the Society shall be in the city of Ottawa, and its meetings shall be held in that city unless otherwise determined.

10.-Papers.

The title of any Paper, Memoir or other production, by a member, intended to be read at a meeting of the Society, shall be submitted, together with an abstract of its contents, to the Council, through the Secretary, previous to the meeting at which it is to be read. On its approval, each such communication shall be assigned to the section to which it belongs, and having been therein read and discussed, shall be submitted to a committee of the section, and on report of said committee, may be recommended to the Council for publication, either entire or in abstract, in the Transactions of the Society. Communications by persons not members of the Society may be submitted by members on the same conditions with their own productions.

11.-Associated Societies.

Every scientific or literary society in the Dominion which may be selected by vote of the Society shall be invited by circular of the Honorary Secretary to elect annually one of its members as a delegate to the meetings of the Society, such delegate to have, during his term of office, the privilege of taking part in all general or sectional meetings for reading and discussion of papers, and to be empowered to communicate a short statement of original work done and papers published during the year by his society, and to report on any matters in which the Royal Society may usefully aid in publication or otherwise.

12.-Circulation of Transactions.

Copies of the Transactions of the Society shall be sent to the following:

All members who have paid their subscriptions.

All Associated Societies.

Such foreign Societies as may be selected by the Council.

The Lieutenant-Governors of the Provinces of the Dominion and Newfoundland.

The Members of the Privy Council of Canada.

The Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada.

The Speakers of the Senate and House of Commons.

The Chief Justice of each Province.

The Premier of each Province.

The Speakers of the Legislatures of each Province.

The Minister or Superintendent of Education in each Province.

The Universities, the Library of Parliament and the Libraries of Provincial Legislatures.

13.-Duties of the Council.

The Council shall manage all the affairs of the Society in the intervals of its meetings, and shall make arrangements for the meetings. It shall meet at the call of the President. Three members shall be a quorum.

The Council shall reports its proceedings at each meeting of the Society for sanction.

The Council shall have the custody and disposal of all moneys, collections and other property of the Society, subject to sanction of its proceedings as above.

In the absence of the President and Vice-President, the Council may appoint a temporary chairman, and in the case of vacancy of the office of Honorary Secretary or Treasurer may appoint a temporary Secretary or Treasurer to hold office till the next meeting of the Society.

14.-Duties of the Honorary Secretary.

The Honorary Secretary shall keep the minutes of the Society and Council, and shall conduct their correspondence, shall receive and attend to all nominations for members and officers of sections, shall keep the lists and records of the Society, and, under advice of the President, shall attend to any business that may arise in the intervals of meetings. He may, with consent of the Council, delegate any part of his duties to a paid assistant appointed by the Council.

15.-Duties of the Treasurer.

The Treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys of the Society, shall keep account of the same and submit these to the Council at its meetings, and shall receive subscriptions, grants and donations, and make disbursements as may be ordered by the Council.

16.-Addresses and Special Reports.

It shall be the duty of the President, or in event of his being unable to do so, of the Vice-President, to prepare an address for each annual meeting.

It shall be the duty of the President of each section, or in event of his being unable to do so, of the Vice-President, to prepare an address having reference to the special objects of the section, for each annual meeting.

The Society in general session, or any of the sections with consent of the Society, may appoint committees to prepare reports on any special literary or scientific matters, or on the progress of literature and science or on works published in Canada, and to suggest such honorary notice as may seem desirable in the case of meritorious works or researches.

The ordinary committee of the section shall be limited to three in number, and consist of the officers of the section or any members that the section may select to make up the number.

The President then called upon the officers of sections to make reports, which are as follows:

Section I-Rapport des séances de mai 1882.

La section a siégé assidûment le 25, 26 et 27 de mai; plusieurs conférences ont été lues ou prononcées par les membres en présence des visiteurs, parmi lesquels Son Excellence le marquis de Lorne. Avant de se séparer, la section a élu les officiers dont les noms suivent pour l'année 1882-83.

Président J. M. LEMOINE.

Vice-président-N. FAUCHER DE ST.-MAURICE.

Secrétaire-BENJAMIN SULTE.

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