forded in them of the scientific zeal of the Members of the 

 Society, both at home and abroad, and of their readiness 

 to communicate the information which they possess, in- 

 duced the Council 1o consider and adopt a plan for sub- 

 stituting, in lieu of Meetings of a Committee, General 

 Meetings of the Society for Scientific Purposes. A series 

 of By-Laws, in which this plan was embodied, was framed 

 by the Council, and has received the confirmation of the 

 Society. Provisionally in operation from the commence- 

 ment of 1833, they are now fully enacted. 



The General Meetings, according to their provisions, are 

 of two kinds,- 1st, for the dispatch of General Business ; 

 2nd, for the transaction of Scientific Business : the former 

 are held on the first Thursday in every month, at three 

 o'clock ; the latter on the second and fourth Tuesday, at 

 hdf past eicrht. The Publications resulting from the com- 

 munications made to the Meetings for Scientific Business 

 will be Proceedings and Transactions : the former, contain- 

 ino- notices and abstracts, are delivered gratuitously to every 

 Member who applies for them ; the latter, consistmg of the 

 more important papers, (accompanied, where necessary, by 

 figures of the objects treated of,) will be sold at such price 

 HS° shall seem adequate to the expense incurred in their 

 preparation; the cost, however, to Members, not exceeding 

 three-fourths of that charged to the pubhc. Of the Pro- 

 ceedin-s, three numbers have been already published. For 

 the Transactions materials have been collected to some 

 extent, and it is hoped that a part may be ready for pub- 

 lication in July or August. The Council trust that the 

 Transactions will receive from the Members generally that 

 support and encouragement which will ensure their con- 

 tinued and frequent publication, in a style at once credit- 

 able to the Society and beneficial to science. , ^ . 



Bv the same By-Laws the superintendence of the Pub- 

 lications is placed in the hands of a Committee, consisting 

 of nine Fellows, and of the President, Vice-Presidents, 

 Treasurer, Secretary, and Vice-Secretary. 



