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THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



VII. — The Seal of the Society. 



- A print of the Seal as accepted by correspondence following 

 the permission given by the Society at the last general meeting, is 

 presented herewith. 



VIII. — Method of Publication. 



Probably the most important subject to be discussed at the 

 present meeting is the proposed alteration in the method of publishing 

 the Transactions of the Society. A circular was issued by the Honor- 

 ary Secretary dated the 1st April, in which the new proposals are 

 outlined. A copy of the circular follows, and the Council would 

 claim for these important proposals your very careful consideration. 



At the last Annual Meeting of the Society one of the most im- 

 portant questions discussed was the policy which should be followed 

 n the expenditure of the increased grant which has been placed at 

 our disposal by the Government. Each of the Sections, with the 

 exception of Section I, reported to the general meeting as follows: — 



Section II. — Regarding the expenditure of the additional govern- 

 ment grant the Section recommends that, as the subject requires 

 much consideration, the matter be entrusted to the Council, with 

 request to seek the views of every Fellow of the Society by corre- 

 spondence or personally. 



Section III. — The question of the most desirable use of the 

 surplus funds referred to in Section XIII of the Report of Council 

 was very fully discussed by the Section and it was decided to make 

 the following recommendations: — 



1. — That the major portion of the money available be devoted 

 to the encouragement of research. 



