The Royal Society of Canada. 

 II. The Eoyal Society of Canada. 



This Society, which was founded in May, 1882, by His Excel- 

 lency the Marquis of Lome, held its second annual meeting in 

 1883, at Ottawa on the 22nd to 25th of May, inclusive, under 

 the presidency of Principal Dawson of McGill College, Montreal. 



The objects of the Society are : first, to encourage studies and 

 investigations in literature and science ; secondly, to publish trans- 

 actions, annually or semi-annually, containing the minutes of pro- 

 ceedings at meetings, records of the work performed, original 

 papers and memoirs of merit, and such other documents as may 

 be deemed worthy of publication ; thirdly, to offer prizes or induce- 

 ments for valuable papers on subjects relating to Canada, and to 

 aid researches already begun and carried so far as to render their 

 ultimate value probable ; fourthly, to assist in the collection of 

 specimens, with a view to the formation of a Canadian Museum 

 of archives, ethnology, archaeology and natural history. 



The members are entitled " Fellows of the Royal Society of 

 Canada," and His Excellency the Governor-General is the Honor- 

 ary President and Patron of the Society. The Society consists of 

 the four following sections : — 1. French literature, with history, 

 archaeology and allied subjects ; 2. English literature, with history, 

 archaeology and allied subjects ; 3. Mathematical, chemical and 

 physical sciences. 4. Geological and biological sciences. 



The officers of the Society are a president and vice-president, 

 with an honorary secretary and treasurer, to be elected by the whole 

 Society ; besides a president, vice-president and secretary of each 

 section, to be elected by the section. These elections are annual, 

 and the officers so elected constitute the council of the Society. 

 The members of the Society shall be persons residing in the 

 Dominion of Canada or Newfoundland who have published origi- 

 nal works or memoirs of merit, or have rendered eminent services 

 to literature or science. The number of members in each section 

 is limited to twenty. The Society may elect by ballot on propo- 

 sal by three members , or on recommendation of the council, per- 

 sons not resident in Canada as corresponding members. Such 

 persons must be eminent in literature or science, and evidence to 

 that effect must be presented to the Society at the time of their 



