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(b) That the words "one or two new members annually" be sub- 

 fit itnted for "one new member annnally" in the beginning of the third 

 paragraph of the said rule. 



(c) That the words "additional members" be substituted for the 

 words "one additional member' in the second line of the last paragraph 

 of the said rule. 



(d) That the word "thirty" be substituted for "twenty-five" in the 

 last line of the said rule. (On motion of Dr. Johnson, seconded by Sir 

 James Edgar). 



Kule G, as amended, accordingly reads as follows : — 



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 hare rendered eminent services to literature or to science. 



The number of members in each section shall be in general limited 

 to twenty-five, but may be increased to thirty if any section should 

 so desire, in the manner hereinafter indicated. Nominations to fill 

 vacancies in any section may be made at any time in Avriting by any 

 three members of that section, and the nomination papers shall be lodged 

 with the honorary secretary, who shall make a record of them. When 

 the vacancy occurs, the honorary secretary shall notify the members 

 of the section in which it has taken place, and transmit to each a 

 printed list of the candidates nominated, at least four months before the 

 annual or any general meeting of the society. Each member may then 

 place a mark (X) opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes, 

 and return the voting paper to the honorary secretary, who shall report 

 to the council at a meeting to be held at least two months before the 

 annual meeting, the ' number of votes obtained by each candidate. 

 Should any of these have obtained a majority of the whole section, the 

 council shall so report to tire society. Should this result not be 

 attained, then the council may select one or more of the candidates 

 obtaining the highest number of votes of the section, and cause the 

 members of the society to be advised of the names of the candidates so 

 pclected, at least one month previous to the date of the annual meeting, 

 when the election may take place by vote of the members present, or 

 the matter be referred back to the section concerned, to select names 

 from among the candidates nominated, and recommend them to the 

 society for election. This selection and recommendation by the section 

 shall lie made on the first day of the meeting at 2.30 p.m., unless other- 



