APPENDIX E CXLVII 



geographical distribution, and to carry on systematically seasonal oljser- 

 vations on botanical phenomena. 



The intention is to stimulate, with the least possiljlc paraphernalia 

 of constitution or rules, increased activity among botanists in each 

 locality, to create a corps of collecting botanists wherever there may be 

 few or none at present, to encourage the formation of field clubs, to 

 publish lists of local floras in the local press, to conduct from year to 

 year exact phenological observations, etc. ; for which purposes the secre- 

 taries for the provinces may appoint secretaries for counties or districts, 

 who will be expected, in lilco manner, to transmit the samo impetus to 

 as many as possible in their more local spheres of action. 



Members and secretaries, while carrying out plans of operation 

 which they may find to be promising of success in their particular dis- 

 tricts, will report as frequently as convenient to the officer under whom 

 they may be immediately acting. 



Before the end of January, at the latest, reports of tlic work done 

 within the various provinces during the j'ear ended December the 31st 

 previous, should be made by the secretaries for the provinces to the 

 general secretary, from which the annual report to the Royal Society 

 shall be principally compiled. By the first of January, therefore, the 

 annual reports of county secretaries and members should be sent in to 

 the secretaries of the provinces. 



To cover the expenses of official printing and postage, a nominal 

 fee of twenty-five cents per annum is expected for membership (or otic 

 dollar for five years in advance, or five dollars for life membership). 

 Secretaries for the provinces, when remitting the amount of fees from 

 members to the general treasurer, are authorized to deduct the necessary 

 expenses for provincial office work, transmitting vouchers for the same 

 with the balance. 



The names of those reporting any kind of valuable botanical worlc 

 during the year will be published in the list of active memljers, even 

 should the payment of fees be forgotten. All payments are credited to 

 the current year and the future. Lapsed active membership can, there- 

 fore, be restored at any time without the pajmient of arrears. 



