XVIII THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
VIII.—Tue DIPLoma 
The form used in granting the Diplomas of the Society has been 
out of print for some time, and the Council has pleasure in stating that 
a new form has been engraved and the Diplomas for the members 
lately elected will be forwarded without delay. A copy of the Dip- 
loma has been laid upon the table. 
IX.—THE CHARTER BooK 
The officers of the Society have recommended the establishment 
of a Charter Book in which the Fellows can subscribe to the obligations 
which devolve upon them as members of the Society. It is a matter 
for regret that this book was not established when the Society was 
founded, but it is the intention to supply the signatures of deceased 
members. The facsimile of the Charter Book of The Royal Society 
of London has been laid upon the table for the information of the 
Fellows in this connection. 
X.—A NATIONAL LIBRARY 
The Society has memorialized the Government on the subject of 
a National Library, and has urged the importance of expanding the 
present Library of Parliament into a National Institution. Attention 
is again called to this subject by the disastrous fire which consumed the 
Legislative building at Ottawa. 
It is most fortunate that the Library was saved, but it cannot be 
doubted that it is still exposed to very great danger, and we think it a 
duty of the Society to represent this fact to the Government and to 
request that steps be taken to render the Library building thoroughly 
fireproof, and that, when the buildings are being re-designed, the needs 
of the Library should be carefully considered and that the arrange- 
ments for the protection and use of the valuable collections should be 
thoroughly modernized. 
XI.—COMMEMORATION OF CONFEDERATION 
In the opinion of the Council the 50th Anniversary of Confedera- 
tion should be recognized at the meeting of The Royal Society in 
1917: 
In the various Sections there should be reviews of the progress 
of literature and science in Canada during this period. 
Each Section should at this year’s meeting assign to certain 
members the preparation of a paper or papers dealing with this 
