VI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
“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,” and to substitute the fol- 
lowing paragraph :— 
“Any member who has failed to attend the three preceding annual 
meetings without presenting a paper shall be placed on the retired list, 
and an election to fill the vacancy thus created shall be held in the 
manner prescribed aby these regulations for filling vacancies; provide 
that the Society may, upon the recommendation of the Section to which 
such member belongs, suspend action under this rule until the next 
annual meeting.” 
The Regulations of the Society demand that a printed notice of 
proposed amendments should be submitted to the members on the first 
day of the general meeting, following the receipt in due form of any 
proposed amendment to the constitution; but, inasmuch as a misappre- 
hension has arisen as to the proper interpretation of some of the rules, 
the Council recommend that the whole subject of the rules, including 
Dr. Deville’s amendment, be referred to a special committee which is 
to report, if possible, during the present meeting of the Society. 
6.—INVITATION TO ABERDEEN. 
An invitation from the University of Aberdeen was received by the 
Society last year requesting that a representative be sent to assist at 
the ceremonies in connection with the celebration of the four-hundredth 
anniversary of the foundation of King’s College; and Dr. Wilfred 
Campbell, Secretary of Section Ii, was chosen as the representative to 
convey the greetings of the Royal Society of Canada to the University 
of Aberdeen on this important occasion. The commemoration was 
held on September 15th, 1906, and our delegate took part in the cele- 
bration and was honoured as a Canadian writer by having the degree 
of Doctor of Laws conferred upon him. 
7—TuHE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 
At the meeting of the Royal Society of Canada held in May, 1905, 
negotiations were begun looking to the possibility of securing the meet- 
ing of the British Association in Winnipeg in the year 1909. The Rev. 
Dr. Bryce, Chairman of the Committee, has continued to work with this 
end in view, and will during the present meeting make a report on the 
progress which has been made. 
