fROCÈBDINGS FOR 1884. XXXUI 



" That the retired and i-etiring Presidents of the Society be continued as members of the Council 

 for three years fi-om the time of the vacating of their positions, and that it be remitted to the Coun- 

 cil to suggest such Amendment in the Constitution as may be necessary to give effect to this Resolu- 

 tion dui'ing this year." 



The President communicated a letter from the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, inviting the 

 members of the Society to an excursion on the following day to the Laurentide Hills. 



The meeting was then adjourned until Friday, at 10 o'clock A. M. 



SESSION IV. {May 22,rd.) 



Miscellaneous Business. 



The President took the Chair at 10 o'clock A. M. 



The Honorary Secretary communicated the following resolution, which was adopted on the 

 motion of Dr. Hunt, seconded by M. Frechette: — 



" In accordance with instructions given at the meeting on Wednesday last, the Council recom- 

 mend that number 5 of the Regulations of the Society be amended by adding at the end thereof the 

 following words : ' Together with all retired or reth-ing Presidents, who will be members of the 

 Council dui'ing three years from the date of their retirement.' " 



On motion of Professor Johnson, seconded by Dr. Hunt, the following words were added to Rule 

 12, with respect to the distribution of the Transactions: "Such Scientific Periodicals as may he 

 selected by the Council." 



The Honorary Secretary communicated the following lettei", received under Rule 6 : — 



Ottawa, 20th May. 1884. 

 To the President and Council of the Boyal Society of Canada : 



Gentlemen, — 



I have the honoui- to report that the section of English Literature, at a meeting held this day, 

 nominated by ballot the Rev. W. H. Withrow, D.D., author of " The Catacombs of Rome and their 

 Testimony relative to Primitive Christianity," "History of the Dominion of Canada," and many 

 other works, to fill the vacancy caused by the lamented death of the late Dr. Alpheus Todd. 



I have the honor to be. Gentlemen, 



Your obedient servant, 



George Stewart, jun.. Secretary. 



On the motion of Mi-. G. Stewart, jun., seconded by Mr. Lesperance, the recommendation of Sec- 

 tion II, just read, with respect to Dr. Withrow's election as a member of the Royal Society, was 

 agreed to. 



On the motion of Dr. Hunt, seconded by Professor Lawson, the President, Vice-President, Hon- 

 orary Secretary, and such other members of the Ro^^al Society as may be present in Montreal at the 

 time of the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, were appointed a 

 Committee to tender a hearty welcome to the members of that distinguished body. 



On the motion of Professor Johnson, seconded by Mr. LeMoine, the cordial invitation of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, was accej)ted, and the following Committee 

 appointed to visit Philadelphia in September next : — Dr. Hunt, Principal Dawson, the Very Rev. T. E. 

 Hamel, Dr. Daniel Wilson, Professors Bailey, MacGregor, Johnson, Lawson, Clierriman, Chapman, 



Pro. 1884. E. 



