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and leave section three to deal with the failure to elect as it deems 
most expedient. 
In this connection the Council calls attention to the fact that 
Professor MacGregor having accepted an important position in Edin- 
burgh University, has resigned his membership in section three in 
the following letter to the Honorary Secretary: 
April 2nd, 1902. 
DEAR SIR JOHN: 
The receipt of the voting paper for candidates for Fellowship in 
section 3 reminds me that having removed from Canada, being now in par- 
tibus infidelium so far as the Royal Society is concerned, it is incumbent 
upon me to resign my fellowship. I do so with very great regret, for though 
I was unable to attend the meetings so frequently as I should have liked, I 
am keenly sensible of having found the Society to be a perpetual stimulus 
to work and a welcome means of favouring and maintaining my acquaint- 
ance with the scientific and literary men of Canada. 
Would you kindly express to the members of the Society the very deep 
regret which I feel in withdrawing from membership. With very kind 
regards, 
Yours very truly, 
(Signed). J. G. MACGREGOR, 
The Council are of opinion that the Society, in accepting 
Professor MacGregor’s resignation, should show its appreciation of his 
usefulness as a Fellow for twenty years by placing him on the retired 
list, in accordance with the practice usual in such cases. 
5. DIPLOMA oF FELLOWSHIP. 
In accordance with the instructions of the Society the Diploma 
of Fellowship, a copy of which appears in volume seven of the Trans- 
actions, has been duly engraved and distributed to all the Fellows. 
The Latin translation was made by learned professors of Laval Uni- 
versity, who most kindly responded in this particular to the request 
of the Honorary Secretary. 
6. Form or NOMINATION PAPER. 
As the Honorary Secretary is constantly receiving applications 
for the proper form of nominating candidates for a fellowship in the 
four sections of the Society, the Council deem it expedient to give 
one below for the purposes of reference hereafter. Although the 
rule requires only the signatures of three members of a section to 
such a nomination paper, the practice is growing up of canvassing 
Fellows and adding as many names as possible in order to’strengthen 
the chances of a candidate's election. 
