PROCEEDINGS FOR 1882. : IT. 
by vote of the section, be recommended to the Council for publication, either entire or in abstract. 
Communications by persons not members of the Society may be submitted by members on the same 
conditions with their own productions. 
8. That the Society shall, for its ordinary business, meet in general session, and, for the reading 
and discussion of papers and other sectional business, shall meet in sections. The pubiie may be 
admitted to all except business meetings. 
9, That the advice and assistance of the Society shall at all times be at the disposal of the Govern- 
ment of the Dominion in all matters which may be within the scope of the Society’s functions. 
10. That His Excellency the Governor-General be respectfully requested to accept the position of 
Patron and Honorary President of the Society. 
The above suggestions having been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General, and the 
members of the Society having now been convened in accordance therewith, the Council would make 
the following 
Recommendations : 
(Ist) That the above provisions be adopted by the Society for the constitution and conduct of the 
present meeting. : 
(2nd) That the Council be empowered to consider and report at the general session on Saturday 
next (27th May) on the best mode of associating with this Society the various local Literary and 
Scientific Societies existing in the Dominion ;—on prizes or other inducements that may be offered to 
scientific or literary men, not members of the Society ;—on the time and place of the next meeting ;— 
on the desirableness of inviting the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and societies 
of other countries to send delegates to the next or any future meeting ;—on the opening of communi- 
cation with the officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and others, with reference to the collection of 
specimens, with the view to the formation of a Canadian Museum of Archives, Ethnology, Archeology 
and Natural History ;—and also to prepare memorials to the Dominion Government in favour of the 
establishment of such Canadian Museum, and of a grant to this Society in aid of publication and other 
objects of the Society. 
(3rd) That the Council to be elected at this meeting be empowered to prepare a permanent 
Constitution and Bye-Laws for the Society,—to arrange for its incorporation,—to suggest as to the 
means of paying its expenses, whether by fees exigible from members or otherwise,—to apply for 
Legislative aid,—and to report at next meeting. 
(4th) That His Excellency the Governor-General be respectfully requested to transmit to Her 
Gracious Majesty the Queen the proceedings of this our first meeting, with our humble petition that 
she will be pleased to sanction our assuming the title of The Royal Society of Canada. 
(5th) That the Lieutenant-Governors of the Provinces of the Dominion and of Newfoundland, the 
members of the Honorable the Privy Council, and the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament, the 
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Chief Justices of the Provinces, shall be ex 
officio Honorary Associates of the Society, and shall receive copies of its transactions, 
(6th) That the proceedings of the present meeting be arranged as follows :— 
After this Session the Sections will meet to organize and appoint Secretaries and Committees, and 
for other business. 
At four o'clock p.m., the meeting will be formally opened by His Excellency the Governor- 
General, and addresses will be delivered by the President and Vice-President of the Society. 
At eight o'clock p.m., the Society will meet in sections for the addresses of Presidents of Sections 
and for the reading and discussion of papers. 
On Friday at 10 a.m., the Society will meet in sections for the reading and discussion of papers. 
On Saturday at 10 a.m., the Society will meet in sections for reading of papers, for reports and 
for elections. At 12 noon it will meet in general session for reports of sections, report of 
council, elections and other business. 
