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2. — That a medal be awarded at intervals and only in recognition 

 of scientific or literary work of very exceptional merit. 



Section IV. — The Section unanimously passed the following 

 resolutions : — 



1 . — That Section IV recommend to the Council that two medals 

 be awarded from time to time, one in literature and one in science, 

 alternately, on the recommendations of Sections I and II and III and 

 IV respectively, the said medals to be called The Royal Society of 

 Canada medals. These medals to be awarded for work accomplished 

 in Canada, and that the recipient need not necessarily be a Fellow 

 of the Society. 



2. — That the Council be requested to consider the possibility 

 of voting grants in aid of scientific research. 



3. — That the Council be requested to consider whether additional 

 facilities cannot be provided by The Royal Society of Canada for the 

 more extended and rapid publications of the results of investigations 

 carried on in the Dominion of Canada. 



The Council has given this matter very careful consideration 

 since the adjournment of the May meeting. It will be observed that 

 Sections III and IV agree upon the foundation of a medal and financial 

 assistance in the way of grants to aid scientific research. Section 

 II entrusted the question to Council requesting that the views of 

 every Fellow of the Society be sought by correspondence or personally. 

 The request of Section II has been complied with so far as the careful 

 consideration of the Council is concerned, and in pursuance of the 

 second recommendation the conclusions arrived at are now laid before 

 you for expression of your views either by correspondence with the 

 Honorary Secretary or by discussion at the approaching annual 

 meeting. 



The question as it presented itself to Council was "How can the 

 usefulness of the Society be increased and in what manner can the 

 Society best promote the progress of literature and science by the 

 expenditure of our funds." Upon the close consideration of the needs 

 of literary and of scientific workers in Canada, it became apparent 

 that what was greatly needed was a medium of immediate publication 

 for literary and scientific papers. As you are well aware the present 

 method of publication is slow; a twelve-month or more elapses be- 

 tween the acceptance of the paper and its appearance in print. Coun- 

 cil has, therefore, concluded to recommend a radical alteration in 

 in the method of publishing the Transactions. The following is an 

 outline of the proposed changes. 



The publications of the Society now consist of the Proceedings 

 and the Transactions. The Proceedings which contain the record 

 of the business of the annual meeting with appendices will continue 

 to be published once a year as soon as possible after the close of the 

 annual meeting. The Transactions will be published quarterly; 

 the papers of each Section wall be issued as a separate series. Sections 

 I and II may decide to combine and issue a quarterly literary 

 series. 



The present printing committee of each Section shall be an 

 Editorial Board for the Section, one of the members being selected 



