﻿Proceedings of the Society. 



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Comparative statement of the average attendance as shown by 

 the minute-book from 1880 to 1885. (No record of attendance 

 previous to the adoption of the new Constitution in 1880). 



1880 81 \ ^ vera £ e °f seven meetings, no record 1 g 

 ' f for five meetings, J 



1881- 82, 11 meetings, i 5tt- 



1882- 83, 12 meetings, 15^. 



1883- 84, 8 meetings, 12 



1884- 85, 11 meetings, i 3tj- 



The averages are taken for twelve full meetings. If taken for 

 the actual meetings, they would be higher. 



The Secretary would suggest that the custom of publishing 

 papers in the Journal without first submitting them to the Society, 

 even by title, is probably the cause of the great falling off of the 

 average attendance during the year of 1883-84. Since that abuse 

 has been corrected, and authors are required to place their papers 

 before the Society, the average attendance has increased. 



Twenty papers have been read to the Society during the past 

 year. 



Ten persons have been notified of their election during the year 

 just past. The following table shows the number of members 

 elected from 1880 to 1885. 



1880-81, 13. 1881-82, 10. 1882-83, 16. 



1883-83, 10. 1884-85, 10. 



The above only shows the elections. The members perfecting 

 membership by payment of initiation and dues are not recorded 

 by the Secretary. 



The preparation of abstracts of the proceedings for the daily 

 papers, in the absence of reporters, has devolved upon the Secre 

 tary, and he takes pleasure in stating that they have almost always 

 been published. That they have served to keep the Society be- 

 fore the public, may be confidently stated. 



Two amendments to the By-laws have been made, as follows : 



To section 1, article vi., By laws, amended by adding these 

 words, 



"And all papers shall, before being so published, be read at a 

 meeting of the Society, either in full, by abstract, or by title." 

 Adopted April, 1884. 



