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Section III. — Papers. 



1. No paper shall be read at any meeting which, has not 

 been previously approved by the Council, and every paper read 

 before the Society shall be the property thereof, and imme- 

 diately it has been read shall be delivered to the Secretary, and 

 shall remain in his custody. 



2. The Council shall decide whether atny paper shall be 

 printed. If not printed, either in whole or in ipart, it shall be 

 returned to the author if he so desire. 



3. All papers and other contributiongi printed in the Society's 

 Transactions shall be subject to editing by an editor appointed 

 by the Council. 



4. The author of any paper printed by the Society shall be 

 entitled to receive 25 copies free of cost, and may obtain addi- 

 tional copies on payment of cost of printing the same. 



Section IV. — Sections. 



1. With the consent of the Council, Sections may be formed 

 in iconnection with the Royal Society for the special study of 

 particular branches of natural or applied science. 



2. Such Sections shall consist of — 



{a) Members of the Koyal Society who join the Section 

 and pary the annual subscription to the Section. 



(h) Other persons who have been regularly elected, and 

 who pay the annual subscription to the Section. 



3. Members of the Royal Society who join any Section shall 

 not be reo[uired to pay any entrance-fee, and the annual sub- 

 scription paid by them shail not exceed one-half of that paid 

 by non-members of the Society 



4. Each Section shall elect its own Committee of Manage- 

 ment. 



5. Tlie President and Vice-Presidents of the Royal Society 

 for the time being shall be ex officio members of the Committee 

 of Management of all Sections. 



6. The rules and regulations for the management of Sections 

 shall not have any effect until they have been formally 

 approved by the Council of the Royal Society. 



7. Subscribers to the Sections shall have access to the libroiy 

 of the Royal Society, subject to such regulations as may be 

 made by the Council. 



8. The Committee of Management of each Section shall, on 

 or before September 30 of each year, furnish to the Council 



