322 Proceedmgs of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



Members may XXXIII. Members and Associates shall have the 



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 

 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 XXXY. Any Member or Associate desirous of reading 

 tiieir papers, a paper, shall give in writing, to the Secretary, ten days 

 before the meeting at which he desires it to be read, its 

 title and the time its reading will occupy. 



Papers by XXXVI. The Council may for any special treason 



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

 written by a member of the Society, to be read by the 

 Secretary or a Member. 



Papers belong to XXXVII. Every paper read before the Society shall 

 be the property thereof, and immediately after it has been 

 read shall be delivered to the Secretary, and shall remain 

 in his custody. 



Papers must be XXXVIII. No paper shall be read before the Society 



original. i i- i i • i m • d i ^ e ^ 



or published in the " Transactions unless approved oi by 

 the Council, and unless it consist mainly of original matter 

 as regards the facts or the theories enunciated. 



Council may XXXIX. The Couiicil may refer any paper to any 



refer papers to i. i -< ■ i 



Members. Member or Members of the (society, to report upon the 

 desirability of printing it. 



Rejected XL. Should the Council decide not to publish a paper, 



papers to lie . , ,, , i ^ ^i ^i 



returned. it shall be at once returned to the autlior. 



Members may XLI. Tlie author of any paper which the Council has 



thJir papers." decided to publisli in the "Proceedings" or "Transactions" 



may have fifty copies of liis paper on giving notice of his 



