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of papers, to be considered with a view to publication; Dr. Fayrer 
seconded the motion. 
The motion was opposed as an unnecessary interference with the 
discretion of the Council. It was explained that the paper had 
already been dealt with by the Council in the usual way and that it 
would be published in due course. The motion had reference to a 
difference of opinion that had arisen in the Council as to the mode in 
which supervision should be exercised over the Journal, a minority 
being of opinion that no paper should be published without a distinct 
vote of the Council on a report from the Committee of papers. The 
Council having agreed that their present practice fulfilled all the 
requirements of the rules and insured all the necessary supervision 
over the editorial management of the Journal, it was contended that 
their decision should be accepted until it was formally overruled 
upon a motion regularly made after due notice given. After a length- 
ened discussion, the following amendment was finally carried on the 
motion of Mr. Grote :— i 
That the present practice of editing the Journal is in harmony with 
the Society’s rules, as explained in the following note, and that it is 
expedient to adhere to it. 
Nory.—Editing our Journal is one of the specific duties imposed 
on our Secretaries by Rule 88, and Rule 99, which declares the 
Journal to be ‘ under the superintendence of the Council,’ does not, as 
I read it, claim for the latter any greater power of interference than 
Rule 74 which entrusts to it the ‘direction, management and execu- 
tion of the Society’s concerns.’ 
The Secretary Editor does not contend for an authority above that 
of his colleagues in Council, all have the same access to the papers 
laid before the Society and the voice of one member of the Council 
has no more weight than that of another. 
But for greater convenience the Council have, under Rule 77, 
appointed a Sub-Committee of papers to assist and advise with 
the Secretaries in their duty of editing the Journal. This Sub- 
Committee under Rules 79 and 81, is entirely under control of the 
Council, whose general power of superintendence under Rule 99 is 
thus effectually guarded. 
The Librarian submitted his monthly report. 
