REGULATIONS REGARDING THE PUBLICATION OF 
PAPERS IN THE PROCEEDINGS AND TRANS- 
ACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 
The Council beg to direct the attention of authors of communications to 
the Society to the following Regulations, which have been drawn up in 
order to accelerate the publication of the Proceedings and Transactions, 
and to utilise as widely and as fairly as possible the funds which the 
Society devotes to the publication of Scientific and Literary Researches. 
1. Manuscript op Papers. — As soon as any paper has been passed 
for publication, either in its original or in any altered form, and has been 
made ready for publication by the author, it is sent to the printer, 
whether it has been read or not. 
The ‘ copy ’ should be written on large sheets of paper, on one side 
only, and the pages should be clearly numbered. The MS. must be 
easily legible, preferably typewritten, and must be absolutely in its final 
form for printing ; so that corrections in proof shall be as few as possible, 
and shall not cause overrunning in the lines or pages of the proof. All 
tables of contents, references to plates or illustrations in the text, etc., 
must be in their proper places, with the page numbers left blank ; and 
spaces must be indicated for the insertion of illustrations that are to 
appear in the text. 
2. Illustrations. — All illustrations must be drawn in a form im- 
mediately suitable for reproduction ; and such illustrations as can be 
reproduced by photographic processes should, so far as possible, be 
preferred. Drawings to be reproduced as line blocks should be made 
with Indian ink (deadened with yellow if of bluish tone), preferably on 
fine white bristol board, free from folds or creases ; smooth, clean lines 
or sharp dots, but no washes or colours should be used. If the drawings 
are done on a large scale, to be afterwards reduced by photography, any 
lettering or other legend must be on a corresponding scale. 
If an author finds it inconvenient to furnish such drawings, the Society 
will have the figures re-drawn at his expense ; but this will cause delay. 
When the illustrations are to form plates, a scheme for the arrange- 
ment of the figures (in quarto plates for the Transactions, in octavo for 
the Proceedings) must be given, and numbering and lettering indicated. 
3. Proofs. — In general, a first proof and a revise of each paper will 
be sent to the author, whose address should be indicated on the MS. 
If further proofs are required, owing to corrections or alterations for 
which the printer is not responsible, the expense of such proofs and 
corrections will be charged against the author. 
All proofs must, if possible, be returned within one week, addressed to 
The Secretary , Royal Society , Mound , Edinburgh , and not to the printer. 
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