II • EOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



That this iînpoi'tant work of editing has been well portbrmed will be seen by the highly complimen- 

 tary letters fi'om men so eminently (|ualiHed to jnilge as Dr. Daniel AVilson and Professor George 

 Lawson. 



" The Committee desire to call the attention of the Council to the importance of having all 

 papers that are offered for publication carefully prepai'cd and completely written out, before they 

 are presented to the Society, and also to the necessity of each author's announcing in advance the 

 number of printed pages which his paper will occupy. 



" Of the second volume, as of the lirst, 1,500 copies have been jirinted and bound, besides which 

 one hundred additional copies were printed and distributed in sheets to the several authors. The 

 e.Kpenditures up to May 14th, 1885, for this work of publication are given in the accompanying 

 memorandum from Messrs. D.iwson Brothers. This it will be seen includes the cost of distribution 

 for Volume I, but not for Volume II, and inasmuch as the cost of these two volumes has already 

 i-eacbed about $10,000, the amount of the Parliamentary grant for the past two years, it is evident 

 that the expense of distribution for Volume II must be paid from the §5,000 granted for 1885, — an 

 obligation which will somewhat reduce the sum available for the publication of Volume III. In order 

 that the Society may not find itself in debt at the end of the coming year, it i-i thought that the size 

 of Volume III should not exceed 550 pages ; on which account it is desirable that abstracts be 

 published wherever possible. 



'■ Montreal, May 14th, 1885. 

 " The Royal Society of Canada. 



" To Dawson Brothers, Dr. 



" For Balance from last account $ 177.39 



. Account of Editing to date 187.1)4 



Special Bindings of Extra cojjies ! 74.00 



Foreign Freight and Express on Copies to Societies, Libraries, etc , to 



date, $181.66; less, $20.67 '... 160.99 



Cases, Packing, Shipping Expenses 50.00 



Expenses of Committees 127.80 



Postages 16.46 



Domestic Fi-eight and Express Charges 22.33 



Extra Members' Copies 22.50 



Corrections and Alterations 346.25 



Illustrations 152.00 



Binding 675.00 



Paper, Composition and Pj-ess "Work 2,934.50 



$4.947.16 



"By Cash $ 492.54 



1,050.00 



750.00 



125.00 



697.50 



987.34 



206.25 



350.00 



4,658.63 



" Balance $ 288.53 



" (Signed) Alex. Johnson, Secretary." 



