REGULATIONS 



ROYAL SOCIBTY OF CANADA. 



us REVISED TO MAY, K9\.) 



1. — Objects of the Society. 



The objects of the Society are set forth ia the jireambic of the Act of Incorporation as follows : 

 first, to encourage studies and investigations in literature and science ; secondly, to publish transac- 

 tions annually or semi-annually, containing the minutes of proceedings at meetings, records of the 

 work performed, original papers and memoirs of merit and such other documents as may be deemed 

 worthy of publication ; thirdly, to offer prizes or other inducements for valuable papers on subjects 

 relating to Canada, and to aid researches already begun and carried so far as to render their ultimate 

 value probable ; fourthly, to assist in the collection of specimens with a view to the formation of a 

 Canadian museum of archives, ethnology, archœology and natural history. 



2.— Name. 



By the gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen, the Society will bear the name of the 

 Eoyal Society of Canada, and the members shall be entitled " Fellows of the Eoyal Society of Canada." 



3. — Honorary President and Patron, 

 His Excellency the Governor-General shall be the Honorary President and Patron of the Society. 



4. — Division into Sections. 



The Society shall consist of the four following sections : 



1. French Literature, with History, Archaeology and allied subjects. 



2. English Literature, with History, Archœology and allied subjects. 



3. Mathematical, Chemical and Physical Sciences. 



4. Geological and Biological Sciences. 



The sections may meet separately for the reading and discussion of papers, and for business, at 

 such times and places as may be fixed by the sections under the control of the Council. 



