XIV ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



and under the conditions hereinafter prescribed, and discussed by 

 correspondence among the members of the section."' 



That Regulation 10 (on "Papers") be amended as follows: — 



" The whole of the present Regulation 10 down to the words 

 ' Transactions of the Society ' shall be marked as Clause I." 



A second clause shall then be inserted, viz: — 



" II. — The title of any paper, memoir, or other production by a 

 member intended t) be discussei by correspondence, together with an 

 abstract of its contents, may, subject to the condition in Regulation 4, 

 be sent to the secretary of the section to which it belongs at any time 

 in the intervals between the meetings. If the sec-retary of the section 

 (calling in expert aid, if he desire it) decide that immediate publication 

 is important, and the section have sutflcient funds at its disposal, the 

 MS. of the complete paper, when received, shall be immediately set up 

 in the usual type by the printers of the Society, with the date of its 

 reception marked prominently; and a printed copy shall be sent to each 

 member of the section. 



" A limited number of copies shall be sent to the author. All 

 such papers shall be issued in such form and under such general title 

 as the Council may determine, with a statement at the head to the 

 effect that they are submitted for discussion to the members of the 

 section: and subject to revision; and that the society is not re-pjnsible 

 for their contents. 



" The amount of money allowed to be used by any section for this 

 purpose shall be determined from time to time by the Council of the 

 Society. 



" The papers thus submitted to any section for discussion by cor- 

 respondence shall, at the next annual meeting of the Society, be again 

 submitted to the section, for further discussion, if desired, and shall 

 then be subject to the ordinary procedure (as in Clause I.) necessary 

 before publication in the Transactions." 



The remainder of the present regulation shall be marked as Clause 

 in., viz:— 



" III. — Communications by persons not members of the Society 

 may be submitted by members on the same conditions as for their own 

 ]iroductions." 



For Committee, 



A. JOIIXSON". 



It was then moved by Dr. Johnson and seconded by Professor 

 McLennan, that the report be adopted; and a debate arising, it was 



