PROCEEDINGS FOR 1896 VII 



working well, and must save the society a considerable sum in the course 

 of time. When we consider the fact that, in consequence of the careless- 

 ness of authors and the rewriting of papers on proofs, the cost of 

 corrections in many cases ranged from fifty to seventy dollars each, it is 

 evident that it was absolutely necessary to require type-written, or at 

 least, perfectly legible and careful manuscript. No copy should be sent 

 to the editor unless it is perfectly ready for the press. Otherwise, it will 

 be returned to the author. 



5. EULES AND EeGULATIONS. 



For the information •and convenience of members the rules and 

 regulations of the society have been printed, as amended to date, in the 

 first volume of the new series. They have also been printed in a separate 

 pamjîhlet with a list of fellows. 



6. Programme of Papers for Present Meeting. 



The list of papers to be presented to the several sections at the 

 present meeting is the fullest that has been submitted, though the first 

 section, devoted to French literature, is unusuall}^ meagre. Several short 

 papers have also been unavoidably held over from last year, and will be 

 j)rinted in the next volume. As it is obvious we shall have difficulty in 

 printing all the matter that is now offered to the society with the means 

 at its command, the council hope that authors will revise their man- 

 uscripts with great care, and strike out all redundancies. This remark 

 is rendered necessary by the fact that there is a tendency in the literary 

 sections to insert a great mass of extracts which sometimes do not apj)ear 

 absolutely necessary to the elucidation or vividness of the text. As this 

 is a societ}^ founded on an exclusively literary and scientific basis, 

 originality should be the governing principle. Of course there are 

 exceptions when a limited use of extracts is useful, and all that the 

 printing committee wish is to ask for more care hereafter in such 

 matters which involve expense, without, at times, adding to the useful- 

 ness of the Transactions. 



7. Popular Lecture on the Fisheries. 



In accordance with the useful precedent established five years ago, a 

 popular lecture has been added to the customary purel}' scientific papers 

 presented only to the sections. Professor Prince has kindly consented to 

 deliver an address on the Canadian Fisheries, a subject of paramount 

 interest to the Canadian people at the present time. 



8. Attendance op Members. 



The attendance of members is a question of much importance, since 

 it affects greatly the usefulness of the society. It has been the practice 

 to meet as neiar as possible to the Queen's Birthday, or the date when the 



