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subsequently underwent slight modifications. In 1852 a 
set of Rules was adopted by the Society, and duly certified 
in pursuance of the Act of Parliament. In these Rules -the 
“ Committee of Papers ” is not mentioned, the decision as 
regards the printing of papers, as well as the management^ 
and direction of all the affairs of the Society, “ subject to 
such instructions £is may be given from time to time by the 
Society,” being entrusted to the Council. The property of 
the Society is declared to be “ vested in Trustees upon trust 
for the ordinary members, who shall alone be interested in 
the property of the Society.”' During the following years 
much discussion arose regarding these rules, and the result 
was the adoption in 1861 of a new code, being that by 
which the Society has been governed from that time to the 
present. The set of rules now in force does not differ 
essentially from the preceding one. A new feature how- 
ever appears in the shape of an appendix referring to the 
Sections, which were not in existence at the time the pre- 
vious set of rules was drawn up. 
Without undergoing any change in its character and 
objects, the Society’s sphere of activity has during the last 
twenty years been considerably enlarged. In addition to 
the Memoirs which appear periodically it publishes Proceed- 
ings, giving an account of what occurs at each of its meet- 
ings, and the labours of the Secretaries and the Editor of the 
Society’s publications are consequently more onerous than 
formerly. Our library is now one of considerable extent 
and importance, and requires constant attention on the part 
of the librarian. Several sections have been established for 
the reading and discussion of papers on subjects with which 
they are specially concerned. Two societies having no 
organic connection with ours make use of our rooms for 
their meetings under certain conditions, and it may be 
expected that others of a similar character will be admitted 
to the same privileges. Our property is now of considerable 
