XXVI THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Mr. Gibbons was appointed to represent the Section on the 

 deputation to interview the Minister of Customs in the matter of 

 the sales tax on scientific books for educational institutions. 



The Section discussed the question of the Society's publications, 

 and decided to recommend that in future the annual volume should 

 be bound in two parts, one to contain the Transactions of Sections I 

 and II and the other the Transactions of Sections III, IV and V. 



In regard to the proposed amendment of By-law 8, the Section 

 approves of the original draft amendment submitted by the President 

 and Honorary Secretary of the Society, with the elimination of the 

 word "scientific" in the second line, which it considers superfluous 

 and invidious. In the alternative amendment it particularly objects 

 to the principle that Fellows who fail to live up to either the letter or 

 spirit of the By-laws should be rewarded by transfer to the Retired 

 List. That would in effect be putting a premium on delinquency. 



The Section recommends that the Dominion Government be 

 requested to authorize the reciprocal exchange of photostatic or 

 other copies of documents in the Public Archives of Canada and in 

 other public institutions, to the end that students may have accessible 

 either the originals or authentic copies of the documents relating to 

 each province, within that province. 



The Section recommends that any Fellows who may find it 

 convenient to attend the ceremonies in connection with the unveiling 

 of the monument at Port Dover commemorating the first discovery 

 of Lake Erie, or any other ceremonies during the forthcoming year 

 in connection with the marking of historic sites or buildings, be 

 authorized to appear as representatives of the Royal Society. 



The Section put upon record its profound regret because of the 

 death of Hon. Mr. Justice Longley, one of the oldest and most active 

 members of the Section and of the Society, and directed the Secretary 

 to communicate to Mrs. Longley and the other members of the family 

 an expression of their sympathy. 



The Section recorded its regret because of the inability of Mr. 

 Justice Riddell, President of the Section, to attend this year's Meeting. 



The question of how papers could be most effectively put before 

 the Section was discussed at length, and it was the feeling of the 

 Section that it would add materially to the value of the annual 

 meeting if papers could be read in the form of a reasonably full 

 abstract. The decision was reached that in future members sub- 

 mitting papers to the Section should be allowed not more than fifteen, 

 or at the outside twenty minutes to put the paper in condensed form 



