PEOCEEDINGS FOR 1892. XIII 



attention to the printing and publication of tlie volumes, but henceforth it will be necessary to man- 

 age the publication throughout Canada and foreign countries from the offices at Ottawa. 



'■' As the Council are aware, the headquarters of the Society have been alwa3'S the House of Com- 

 mons, where they have been given all the facilities possible. The offices of the Clerk of the Commons 

 must continue to be, in all probability, for another year at least, the offices of the Society, unless the 

 members of the latter are able to incur tho.se heavj' expenses which a change to permanent and paid 

 quarters would involve. Practically the Society has been saved an expense of several thousand ilollars 

 by the facilities which Dr. Bourinot has been gladly able to afford his confrères through bis official 

 position. It has been his object to so arrange the expenses that they will bear as lightly as possible 

 on the members individually. As it has been heretofore, the Royal Society of Canada has been admin- 

 istered at a remarkably small expense, when we take into consideration its importance, and the 

 amount of work that has, in the nature of things, gradually accumulated in carrj-ing on the affairs of 

 the Society with some degree of activity and system. Under all the circumstances, Di-. Bourinot 

 recommends that the Society should make a somewhat larger pecuniary provision for such clerical 

 assistance as is absolutely required by the President and Honorary Secretary of the Society in the 

 course of the year. 



" A change to permanent headquarters would, as far as can bo judged from past experience of the 

 working of the Society, involve the following expenses, even without giving a secretary an adequate 

 salary, or providing anything more than very ordinary furniture: 



Rent (at lowest) $200 00 



Secretary and assistance, say 120 00 



Furniture (first year) 250 00 



Printing abstracts, etc 60 00 



Postage 35 00 



Stationery 20 00 



Miscellaneous 40 00 



$•725 00 



" To meet this expenditure thei-e would be available about $100 from the genei'.nl giant to meet 

 expenses connected with the publication of the volume. All othei- expenses would have to be met 

 out of subscriptions and sales of volumes, so far very small. 



" At present the annual expenses are as follows : 



Clerical, including translation $ 84 00 



Printing, on the average 60 00 



Miscellaneous 20 00 



$164 00 



"Add to this an additional $36 to Secretary in the future, and we have an annual expense at 

 least of $200, if the parliament buildings remain the headquarters for the next twelve months or 

 longer — an expense which can be easily met, and still allow the sum from subscriptions to accumulate." 



In the month of May last the following gentlemen were appointed to act as members of the 

 Printing Committee: Sir William Dawson. Prof Alex. Johnson, Abbé Verreau, Dr. Frechette and 

 Dr. Bourinot. 



The new volume of 'Transactions' — the largest and best illustrated yet published — is now ready 

 for distribution. 



The Printing Committee have also made the following report, which deals with the same subject 

 to which Di-. Bourinot has directed the special attention of the Council : 



