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as Editor. It will be his duty to present to the Honorary Secretary, 

 who will continue to manage the general business of publishing, the 

 matter for the quarterly parts of the Transactions consisting of such 

 papers as have been approved by the Editorial Board : papers by non- 

 members, when presented by Fellows, would be accepted: papers 

 would be accepted in addition to those presented at the annual or 

 other meetings of the Society. 



The advantages of the suggested method of publication are as 

 follows : — 



1. The more prompt publication of papers would be secured. 



2. A medium for the publication of papers by Canadian writers 

 would be provided. This and the previous object would serve to 

 encourage the publication by Fellows and others in the Society's 

 Transactions of papers which at present are sent to journals in other 

 countries owing to the delay in publication under present conditions. 

 The Transactions would thereby reflect to a far greater degree the 

 progress of literary and scientific work in Canada. 



3. Memoirs published in the Transactions would secure a wider 

 circle of readers as a result of the regular quarterly appearance of the 

 Transactions in the libraries and elsewhere and also by the oppor- 

 tunity which would be afforded to special institutions and individuals 

 of subscribing to separate series. This would be of inestimable ad- 

 vantage to Canadian investigators. 



4. The reputation of the Society would be enhanced and the 

 work of its Fellows and other Canadian investigators would be more 

 widely known. 



5. In the case of the scientific sections priority would be more 

 readily secured. Under present conditions it is almost impossible 

 to secure such priority. 



The improvements proposed would increase the cost of the 

 publications and the expenditure for distribution and clerical services 

 would necessarily be somewhat higher. 



As the main question which occupied the attention of Council 

 was how the usefulness of the Society could be increased, the question 

 of the foundation of a medal has been left in abeyance. It is thought 

 that after the cost of the quarterly publication has been met and 

 the necessary expenditure upon the library, that the Society would 

 have from time to time funds available to encourage research work 

 in a modest way. 



IX. — The International Geological Congress. 



The International Geological Congress, on the invitation of the 

 Dominion Government, the Ontario Government, The Royal Society 

 of Canada and the Canadian Mining Institute, held its Xllth session 

 in Canada in 1913, and, in doing so, emphasized the growing coherence 

 of the eastern world with the west in scientific thought and endeavour. 

 The coming of the Congress to Canada was an event of paramount 

 importance in the realm of science. 



