XXXIV. Members shall have the privilege of %$*%££* 

 reading before the Institute papers containing accounts 



of experiments, observations, and researches conducted 

 by themselves, on subjects within the scope of the 

 Institute. 



XXXV. If a Member be unable to attend for the ° r *<&*** other 



• i it Members. 



purpose of reading his paper, he may delegate to any 

 Member of the Institute the reading thereof and his 

 right of reply. 



XXXVI. Any Member desirous of reading a Members must 

 paper shall give in writing to the Secretary ten days fhdr papers, 

 before the Meeting at which he desires it to be read, 



its title and the time its reading will occupy. 



The Secretary shall lay this communication before 

 the Council at its next meeting. Papers shall be read 

 in the order in which such notices are received by the 

 Secretary. 



XXXVII. The Council may permit a paper of a Papers by 

 nature similar to the above, not written by a Member s rangers- 

 of the Institute, to be read, if for any special reason 



it shall be deemed desirable. 



XXXVIII. Every paper read before the Institute gjf^^jf *g 

 shall be the property thereof, and immediately after it the institute. 

 has been read shall be delivered to the Secretary, and 



shall remain in his custody. 



XXXIX. At the Meeting of the Council next ^^f £J 

 following the reading of a paper, the Council shall publication. 

 decide whether it shall appear in the Transactions of 



the Institute. 



XL. No paper shall be published in the Transac- ^|£ a i mustbe 

 tions which in the opinion of the Council does not 

 consist mainly of original matter as regards the facts 

 or the theories enunciated. 



This rule shall not, however, be taken to exclude 

 the reading of papers at the Ordinary Meetings of the 

 Institute, descriptive of recent discoveries or in- 

 ventions, or upon subjects of general scientific inte- 

 rest. 



