254 Proceedmgs of the Royal Society of Victoria. 

 Members may XXXIII. Members and Associates shall have the 



read papers. 



privilege of reading before the Society account of experi- 

 ments, observations, and researches conducted by them- 

 selves, or original papers, on subjects within the scope of the 

 Society, or descriptions of recent discoveries, or inventions 

 of general scientific interest. No vote of thanks to any 

 Member or Associate for his paper shall be proposed. 



Or depute other XXXIV. If a Member or Associate be unable to 



Jfembers. 



attend for the purpose of reading his paper, he may 

 delegate to any Member of the Society the reading thereof, 

 and his right of reply. 



Members must XXXV. Any Member or Associate desirous of readin-' 



give notice of 



their papers, a paper, shall give in writing to one of the Secretaries, ten 

 days before the meeting at which he desires it to be i-ead, 

 its title and the time its reading will occupy. 



Papers by XXXVI. The Council may for any special reason 



strangers. • J i 



permit a paper such as is described in Law XXXIII., not 

 written by a member of the Society, to l)e read by one of 

 the Secretaiies or other Members. 



^Te'sodeTv^ ^'^ XXXVII. Every paper read before the Society shall 

 be the property thereof, and immediately after it has been 

 read shall be delivered to one of the Secretaries, and shall 

 remain in his custody. 



vnporsmustbe XXXVIII. Xo paper shall be read before the Society 



original. -^ -^ ^ 



or published in the Transactions unless approved by the 

 Council, and unless it consist mainly of original matter as 

 regards the facts or the theories enunciated. 



^Tfer\mpL to XXXIX. The Council may refer any paper to any 

 -Members. Member or Members of the Society, to report upon the 

 desirability of printing it. 



^plperftobe "^L. Should the Council decide not to publish a paper, 



returued. ^^ shall be at once returned to the author. 



'^^li^ve copies of ^^^- '^'^^^ author of any paper which the Council has 



their papers, decided to publish in the Transactions may have fifty copies 



of his paper on giving notice of his wish in writing to one 



