XX. ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 
CONCLUDING MEETING. 
In accordance with the arrangements made on Thursday morning, May 25th, the Society assem- 
bled in general session at 12 o’clock on Saturday, 27th May, 1882, in the railway committee-room— 
the president in the chair. All of the members of the provisional Council were present, with the 
exception of Mr. Goldwin Smith. 
The minutes of the general meeting of Thursday were read by the honorary secretary and 
confirmed. The Honorary Secretary was then called upon by the President to read the following 
report of the Council, prepared since the meeting. 
The Council beg leave to submit to the Royal Society in general session the following recom- 
mendations :— : 
1. That a letter be prepared, conveying the friendly greeting of the Society to the several scien- 
tifie and literary societies in the Dominion, and inviting each of them to elect annually one of its. 
members as a delegate to any meeting of this Society, such delegate to have, during his term of office, 
the privilege of taking part in section meetings for reading and discussion of papers ; and asking also 
that such delegate be empowered to communicate annually a short statement of original work done 
and papers published, and to report on any matters on which the Society may usefully aid in publica- 
tion or otherwise. That copies of the Transactions of this Society be sent to all local societies so as- 
sociated, That such circulars be sent to the following :— 
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. 
Natural History Society of Montreal. 
Canadian Institute, Toronto. 
Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 
Nova Scotia Institute of Natural Science. 
Literary and Scientific Society, Ottawa. 
Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. 
Entomological Society of Ontario. 
Institut Canadien, Quebec. 
Historical Society of Montreal. 
Numismatic Society of Montreal. 
Historical Society of Halifax. 
Geographical Society of Quebec. 
Institut Canadien-Frangais, Ottawa. 
And such other societies as the Council, on inquiry, may deem deserving of such distinction. 
2. That so soon as the Society shall be in possesion of funds available for such purposes, the 
Council may offer prizes or other inducements for valuable papers, or may aid researches already 
begun and carried so far as to render their ultimate value probable. 
3. That the Council be empowered to fix the next place of meeting for either Toronto, Quebec or 
Halifax, provided that an invitation from any of those cities and contributions toward expenses of the 
Society can be secured. That the time of meeting be in September, 1883. 
4. That His Excellency the Governor-General be respectfully requested to continue the corres- 
pondence with the Council of the British Association, and to invite a delegation to meet with this 
Society at its meeting in 1883, and that invitations be extended through His Excellency to the Insti- 
tute of France, and to the Association Frangaise, the Association of Naturalists of Germany, and to the 
American Association. 
