XXX THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Four new Fellows were elected this year : 



Dr. E. Archibald, as the result of the voting that closed on April 

 1st last, and J. Patterson, M.A., A. T. DeLury, M.A., and J. 

 Bishop Tingle, Ph.D., by ballot at the meeting. 



The rule as regards attendance was suspended in the case of Lt.- 

 Col. W. R. Lang, Dr. A. S. Eve, Dr. F. B. Kenrick, Dr. J. C. McLen- 

 nan and Dr. Tory, absent on Military Service. 



Questions relating to the "Publications" of the Society were 

 fully discussed and in connection therewith the following resolutions 

 were put to the meeting and passed : 



1. That in view of the present situation this Section is of the 

 opinion that it would be in the best interest of the Society to dis- 

 continue the printing of the quarterly or half yearly issues of the 

 Transactions. 



2. That this Section strongly recommends to Council the 

 desirability of furnishing, gratis, to each Author in the Science Sections 

 (III and IV) fifty copies of his papers. 



3. That no papers be printed which are not in the hands of the 

 Secretary of the Section by July 1st, following the meeting. 



4. That the Council be urged in the event of the discontinuance 

 of the quarterlies, to push forward with all possible speed the printing 

 and issue of the bound volume of the Transactions, so that it might 

 be in the hands of the Fellows before the close of the current year. 



The following important motions were also carried: 



1. That a small committee be appointed by the President of the 

 Section (Dr. A. Stanley MacKenzie) to consider ways and means by 

 which the teaching of elementary science in Canada might be im- 

 proved and to report to this Section next year. 



2. That this Society urge upon the Government the establish- 

 ment of a Dominion Laboratory for Scientific Measurements, similar 

 to the LTnited Bureau of Standards. 



And that the following be appointed a committee to confer with 

 representatives of other scientific societies and make recommendations 

 as to the organization of the proposed institution. 



Dr. E. Deville, Dr. Louis Vessot King, Dr. Otto Klotz, Dr. A. 

 Stanley MacKenzie, Dr. W. Lash Miller, Dr. Alfred Stansfield. 



List of Papers Read in Section III. 



1. Presidential Address. The War and Science. By Dr. A. 

 Stanley MacKenzie, F.R.S.C. 



2. Concerning the Integrals of Lelieuvre. By Charles T. 

 Sullivan, Ph.D., F.R.S.C. 



