XXXII. ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA, 
the transactions of the inaugural meeting with lists of the papers and officers. It now devolves on 
the Society to take measures for the judicious expenditure of the grant for this purpose ; and a method 
for securing this will be found in the draft of regulations submitted. 
10, At the meeting of the Council in December, 1882, the subject of regulations was taken up, 
and a draft prepared which was printed and circulated to members for their criticism, and which is 
now before the Society for adoption or amendment. 
Drarr or REGULATIONS oF THE Royan Society or CANADA. 
Circulated by direction of the Council for the consideration of Members, April, 1883. 
1.— Objects of the Society. 
The objects of the Society shall be the promotion of Literature and Science in the Dominion of . 
Canada 

more especially by the reading and discussion of original memoirs, by the publication of 
transactions, by the formation of collections in a central museum, by aiding and encouraging deserv- 
ing literary and scientific men in the prosecution of original work ; and thus assisting the development 
of the resources of the Dominion. 
2.— Name. 
By the gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen, the Society will bear the name of the 
Royal Society of Canada; and the members shall be entitled “ Members of the Royal 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 two departments, representing Literature and Science respectively, 
subdivided into sections, of which the four following shall be at present constituted, with power to 
subdivide with the consent of the Council. 
1. French Literature, with History, Archeology, ete. 
2, English Literature, with History, Archeology, ete. 
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 consent of the Society. 
5.—Oficers. 
The officers of the Society shall be a President and Vice-President, with an Honorary Secretary 
and a Treasurer, to be elected by the whole society; besides a President, Vice-President and Secre- 
tary of each section, to be elected by the section. The elections shall be annual. 
The officers so elected shall constitute the Council of the Society. 
6.—Members. 
The number of members in each section shall be limited to twenty. Any vacancy occurring 
in any section shall be reported to the section by its Secretary at the first meeting thereafter. The 
section shall then proceed to nominate by ballot for the filling of such vacancy. The nomination 
shall then be transmitted to the Council and by it submitted for final vote to the Society at its next 
general meeting, 
