PROCEEDINGS FOR 1883. LXIIT 
4.—Division into Sections. 
The Society shall consist of the four following sections : 
1. French Literature, with History, Archeology and allied subjects. 
2. English Literature, with History, Archeology 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. 
5.— Officers. 
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 Fellows shall be persons resident in the Dominion of Canada or in Newfoundland, who have 
published original works or memoirs of merit or have rendered eminent services to Literature or to 
Science. 
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, 
with reasons stated in writing, shall then be transmitted to the Council and by it submitted for final 
vote to the Society at its next general meeting. 
7.— Duties of Members. 
Members shall sign the regulations of the Society, shall be presented by the President to the 
Society at a general meeting of the same, shall attend its stated meetings or send reasons of absence 
to the Honorary Secretary, and shall pay an annual subscription of $2.00 or the sum of $20.00 in one 
payment in commutation of the same for life membership. These payments shall entitle members 
to receive the Transactions of the Society. 
. Any member may withdraw from the Society and the Society may, by resolution in general 
session on the recommendation of the Council, grant to such member the privilege of retaining his 
title, and his name shall thenceforward be entered on the lists as a retired member retaining title. 
Any member failing to attend three years in succession, without presenting a paper, or assigning 
reasons in writing satisfactory to the Society, shall be considered to have resigned. 
8.—Corresponding Members. 
The Society may elect by ballot on proposal by three members, or on recommendation of the 
Council, persons not resident in Canada as corresponding members, Such persons must be eminent 
in literature or science, and evidence to that effect must be presented to the Society at the time of 
their proposal or recommendation. The number of corresponding members shall be limited to 
sixteen. 

9.— Meetings. 
The Society shall hold an annual meeting in such city of the Dominion as it may determine 
from time to time. It may at any annual meeting appoint other meetings to be held in the course 
of the year. The time of holding the annual meeting shall be on a day or days to be determined at 
