XXXIV EOYAL SOCEETT OF CANADA. 



Messrs. Bourinot, LeMoine, Carpmael, G. Stewart, jun., Dr. Chauveau, with such other members of the 

 Society as may be preseDt at the lime and place in question. 

 The following Eesolutions were adopted : — 



1. The President having announced, on behalf of Section I, the desire of that Section to meet 

 in Montreal in October nest, in order to the reading of papers, and promoting the Society's objects in 

 that city, the Society do approve of such meeting and authorize the Section to make such aiTange- 

 ments as may be necessary in regai-d thereto. (On the motion of Professor Lawson, seconded by Mr. 

 G. Stewart, jun.) 



2. The Council would draw attention to the fact that, by the Constitution, the meetings of the 

 Society must be held in the City of Ottawa, unless otherwise determined. They would recommend 

 that when a proposal to hold them elsewhere is made, it should take the shape of a formal invitation 

 from gentlemen undertaking to rejiresent the city or town suggested, and to provide proper accom- 

 modation therein for the meetings of the Society. (On the motion of Professor Johnson, seconded by 

 Professor Lawson.) 



The meeting then adjourned at noon until 2 o'clock, P. M., that day. 



SESSION lY. (Afternoon Sitting.) 



EULES RESPECTING THE PUBLICATION OF PAPERS. 



Dr. Hunt submitted certain rules respecting the Publication of Papers, which were agreed to 

 after debate, and are as follows : — 



I. — The author shall revise his MS. after reading, to prepare it for the press. 



II. — The first proof in galley shall be sent to the author, and also a revise in galley. 



m. — The matter shall then be put into page, and a proof sent to the secretary of the section to 

 which it belongs, who will sign the proof when he has corrected it. Should the author demand it, he 

 may see a proof in page. 



IV. — The chaii-man of the jn-inting committee or his deputy, will sign the final revise, and will 

 see that conformity in heading and in type is observed. 



V. — If the authors of papers happen to be absent in places not accessible without delay, they shall 

 indicate some person by whom the proof shall be read ; failing whch, the secretary of the section shall 

 be responsible for their reading and correction. 



VI.— If, fi-om the absence of the author, the proof of a paper cannot be read by him, and he has 

 named no representative, and if the secretary will not read it, the printing committee shall not delay 

 the volume for the author's retui-n, but shall omit the paper. 



VII. — ^AU matter in the French language shall be read for literal errors by a French proof-reader 

 skilled in the typographic art, and familiar with the present usage in France. 



Eeports op Sections. 



The President then called upon the respective Sections to report their Lists of Officers and the 

 work in said Sections during the present meeting. The following reports were accordingly made : — 



Section I. — Happort des séances de mai 1884. 



Conformément à la permission accordée l'année dernière, notre section s'est réunie, à Québec, le 

 29 mars 1884, et a tenu trois séances, au cours desquelles plusieurs ouvi-ages ont été examinés et les 

 matières concernant les lettres en général, ainsi que les intérêts propres de la section ont été discutés. 

 La dernière séance a eu lieu le lundi 31 mars. 



