PROCEEDINGS FOR 1883. XXIX. 
The Society shall not hold any property except as aforesaid and such as shall be derived from 
the following sources, that is to say: the life, annual and other subscriptions of members, donations, 
bequests or legacies made to the Society, and such other moneys or property as may be acquired by 
and from the ordinary transactions of the Society, or may now belong to the existing Society, and 
the moneys arising from fines and forfeitures lawfully imposed by their by-laws: Provided always, 
that the Society shall sell and convey any real estate acquired by them under the provisions of this 
section within ten years after they shall have acquired the same, unless the same be required for the 
actual use of the Society, under the provisions of the next preceding section. 
3. The affairs and business of the Society shall be managed by such officers and committees, and 
under such restrictions, touching the powers and duties of such officers and committees, as by by-law 
in that behalf the Society may from time to time ordain; and the Society may assign to any of such 
officers such remuneration as they deem requisite. 
4. The Society may make such by-laws, not contrary to law, as they shall deem expedient for 
the administration and government of the Society, and may repeal, amend or re-enact the same from 
time to time, observing always, however, such formalities as by such by-laws, or by the by-laws now 
in force, may be prescribed to that end, and generally shall haye all the corporate powers necessary 
for the purposes of this Act. 
5. The present by-laws of the existing Society, not being contrary to law, shall be the by-laws 
of the Society hereby constituted, until they shall be repealed or altered as aforesaid. 
6. Until others shall be elected according to the by-laws of the Society, the present officers of 
the existing Society shall be those of the Society. 
7. All subscriptions and all penalties due to the Society under any by-law, may be recovered by 
suit in the name of the Society ; but any member may withdraw therefrom at any time, on payment 
of all amounts by him due to the Society, inclusive of his subscription for the year then current, 
and shall, upon sueh withdrawal and payment of amounts due, cease to be a member of the Society. 
8. No person otherwise competent to be a witness in any suit or prosecution in which the So- 
ciety may be engaged, shall be deemed incompetent to be such witness by reason of his being or 
“having been a member or officer of the Society. 
9. The Society shall make annual reports to the Governor-General and to both Houses of Par- 
liament, containing a general statement of the affairs of the Society, which said reports shall be 
presented within the first twenty days of every Session of Parliament. 
3. A memorial was also addressed to the Governor in Council on the subject of a grant of money, 
-more especially for publication, and a deputation of the Council called on the Right Honorable the 
- Premier on the subject and gave such explanations as seemed necessary. We have pleasure in stating 
that a grant of $5,000 has been placed at the disposal of the Society. 
4. The Committee appointed to prepare a circular to the officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company 
-has completed its work and through the kindness of Mr. Grahame of the H. B, Co., the circular has 
been forwarded to all the posts of the Company. It is to be observed however that the practical 
effect of this circular must greatly depend on the ability of the Society to contribute to the expense 
of making collections and of transmitting them to Ottawa. 
Roya SOcIETY oF CANADA. 
Circular to Officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company, in relation to the collection of Specimens in 
Geology, Natural History, Ethnology, ete. 
Itis the earnest wish of the Royal Society of Canada to obtain and preserve objects of interest from 
all parts of British North America, with the purpose of establishing a National Museum of Natural 
History and Ethnology in which the various Provinces and Territories may eventually be adequately 
represented, 
