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I THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA SECOND SERIES— 1895-96 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE 'Hoyal Society of Canada Corrected to end of May Meeting, 1895 List of Officers and Members FOR 1895-6 FOR SALE BY f |OHN DURIE & SON, OTTAWA; THE COPP-CLAKK CO., TORONTO BERNARD QUARITCH. LONDON, ENGLAND 1895 X. V V 'W^g^^^^m^^^^^'^^^ '-»*■'• ^Jl ••■■■••K-. '1 VAf- jrchiv B ill b hall I I H fent a , 4-^, :^' m #»-^?^:h?s; sstJti^J&^^s^l l/oci.-p.sT REGULATIONS OF THE OYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. {AS REVISED TO MAY, 1895.) 1. Objects of the Society. The objects of the society are set forth in the preamble of the act of corporation a.s follows : first, to encourage studies and investigations in terature and science ; secondly, to publish transactions annually or mi-annually, containing the minutes of proceedings at meetings, records f the work performed, original papers and memoirs of merit and such ther documents as may be deemed worthy of publication ; thirdly, to iffer prizes or other inducements for valuable papers on subjects relating to Canada, and to aid researches already begun and carried so far as to ender their ultimate value probable ; fourthly, to assist in the collection f specimens with a view to the formation of a Canadian museum of jrchives, ethnology, archaeology and natural history. 2. Name. By the gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen, the society ill bear the name of the Koyal Society of Canada, and the members )hall be entitled " Fellows of the Eoyal Societj' of Canada." i. 3. Honorary President and Patron. i His Excellency the Governor-General shall be the honorary presi- ent and patron of the society. 4. Division into Sections. The society shall consist of the four following sections : 1. French Literature, with History, Archteology and allied subjects. 2. English Literature, with History, Archseology and allied subjects. 3. Mathematical, Chemical and. Physical Sciences. 4. Geological and Biological Sciences. 168929 2 REGULATIONS OF THE The sections may meet separately for the reading and discussion of papers, and for business, at such times and places as may be fixed by the sections under the control of the council. 5. Officers. The officers of the society shall be a president and vice-president, with an honorary secretary and a treasurer, to bo elected by the whole society ; besides a president, vice-president and secretary of each section, to be elected by each section. The elections shall be annual. The council of th^ society shall consist of the offlcera so elected, and of ex-presidents, during three years from the date of their retirement from the office of president, and of such ex-members of the council, not exceeding four in number, as may be selected by the council itself. The ex-members, so elected, shall continue in office for three years, and after- wards until successors are appointed. 6. Members. The Fellows shall be persons resident in the Dominion of Canada, or in Newfoundland, who have published original works or memoirs of merit, or have rendered eminent services to literature or to science. The number of members in each section shall be in general limited to twenty, but may be increased if any section should so desire, in the manner hereinafter indicated. Nominations to fill vacancies in any section may be made at any time in writing by any three members of that section, and the nomination papers shall be lodged with the honorary secretary, who shall make a record of them. When the vacancy occurs, the honorary secretary shall notify the members of the section in which it has taken place, and transmit to each a printed list of the candidates nominated, at least four months before the annual or any general meeting of the society. Each member may then place a mark (x) opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes, and return the voting paper to the honorary secretary, who shall report to the council at a meeting, to be held at least two months before the annual meeting, the numbei- of votes obtained by each candidate. Should any of these have obtained a majority of the whole section, the council shall so report to the society. Should this result not be attained, then the council may select one or more of the candidates obtaining the highest number of votes of the section, and cause the members of the society to be advised of the names of the candidates so selected, at least one month previous to the date of the annual meeting, when the election may take place by vote of the members present, or the matter be referred back to the section con- cerned, to select names from among the candidates nominated, and recommend them to the society for election. This selection and recom- ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 8 mendation by the section shall be made on the first day of the meeting at 2.30 p.m., unless otherwise ordered at that time by the section. If there be two or more vacancies the selection shall be made by a separate vote for each vacancy. Each section shall have power to increase its number by electing one new member annually. The proposal to elect an additional member shall be made by nominations in the usual manner, but each member of the section shall have the opportunity of voting agai nst the election of an additional member absolutely ; and if the majority of votes be against the election of an additional member, then no such member shall be elected for that year. This clause shall cease to operate as soon as the total number in any section shall have reached twenty- five. 7. Duties of Members. Members shall sign the regulations of the society, shall be presented by the president to the society at a general meeting of the same, shall attend its stated meetings or send reasons of absence to the honorary secretary, and shall pa}' an annual subscription of $2.00 or the sum of 020.00 in one payment in commutation of the same for life membership. These payments shall entitle members to receive the Transactions of the society. Any member may withdraw from the society, and the society may, by resolution in general session on the recommendation of the council, grant to such member the privilege of retaining his title, and his name shall thenceforward be entered on the lists as a retired member retaining title. Any member failing to attend three years in succession, without presenting a paper, or assigning i-easons in writing satisfactory to the society, shall be considered to have resigned. 8. Correspandinij Members. The society may elect by baliot on proposal by three members, or on recommendation of the council, persons not resident in Canada as cor- responding membere. Such per.sons must be eminent in literature or science, and evidence to that effect must be ])resented to the society at the time of their proposal or recommendation. The number of corres- ponding members shall be limited to sixteen. That in acting under rule 8 of the constitution, four of the corresponding members shall be elected for each section ; and the name or names proposed, the names of the proposers, and the reasons in writing, shall be announced to the society through the honorary secre- tary, at least one day before the balloting for any such corresponding member. (Kesolution of May, 1884.) 4 RE(JULATI0N8 OF THE ■ 9. Meetings. The society shall hold an annual meeting in such city of the Dominion us it may detei'mino from time to time. It may at any annual meeting appoint other meetings to be held in the course of the year. The time of holding the annual meeting shall be on a day or days to bo determined at the next previous meeting, or, failing this, by the council. The offices of the society shall be in the ci^} of Ottawa, and its meetings shall be held in that city unless otherwise determined. 10. Papers The title of any paper, memoir or other production, by a member, intended to be read at a meeting of the society, shall be submitted, together with an abstract of its contents, to the council, through the secretary, previous to the meeting at which it is to be read. On its approval, each such communication shall be assigned to the section to which it belongs, and having been therein read and discussed, shall be submitted to a com- mittee of the section, and on report of said committee may be recom- mended to the council for publication, either entire or in abstract, in the Transactions of the society. Communications by persons not members of the society may be submitted by members on the same conditions as their own productions. , 11. Associated Societies. Every scientific or literary society in the Dominion which may be selected by vote of the society shall be invited by circular of the honorary secretary to elect annually one of its members as a delegate to the meetings of the society, such delegate to have, during his term of office, the privilege of taking part in all general or sectional meetings for reading and discussion of papers, and to be empowered to communicate a short statement ot original work done and papers published during the year by his society, and to report on any matters in which the Eoyal Society may usefully aid in publication or otherwise. 12. Circulation of Transactions. Copies of the Transactions of the society shall be sent to the fol- lowing : All members who have paid their subscriptions. All associated societies. Such foreign societies as may be selected by the council. The lieutenant-governors of the provinces of the Dominion and Newfoundland. The members of the Privy Council of Canada. I ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA fl The chief justice and judges of the Supreme Court of Canada. The speakers of the Senate and House of Commons. The chief justice of each province. The premier of each province. The spealters of the legislatures of each province. The minister or Huperintendent of education in each province. The univemities, the library of parliament and the libraries of pro- vincial legislatures. 13. Duties of Council. The council shall manage all the affairs of the society in the intervals of its meetings, and shall make Arrangements for the meetings. It shall meet at the call of the president. Three members shall be a quorum. The council shall report its proceedings at each meeting of the society for sanction. The council shall have the custody and disposal of all moneys, collections and other property oi the society, subject to sanction of its pro- ceedings as above. In the absence of the presiaent and vice-president, the council mav appoint a temporary chairman, end in the case of vacancy of the office of honorary secretary or treasurer may apjjoint a temporary secretary or treasurer to hold office till the next meeting of the society. 14. Duties of the Honorary Secretary. The honorary secretary shall keep the minutes of the society and council, and shall conduct their correspondence, shall receive and attend to all nominations for members and officers of sections, shall keep the lists and records of the society, and, under advice of the president, shall attend to any business that may arise in the intervals of meetings. He may, with consent of the council, delegate any part of his duties to a paid assistant appointed by the council. 15. Duties of the Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys of the society, shall keep account of the same and submit these to the council at its meetings, and shall receive subscriptions, grants and donations, and make disbursements as shall be ordered by the council. 16. Addresses and Special Reports. . It shall be the duty of the president, or in event of his being unable to do 80, of the vice-president, to_ prepare an address for each annual meeting. 6 REGULATIONS OF THE It shall bo the duty of tho president of each section, or in event of his being unable to do so, of the vice-president, to prepare an address, having reference to the special objects of the section, for each annual meeting. The society in general session, or any of the sections, with consent of the society, may appoint committees to prepare reports on any spec'*"! literary or scientific matters, or on the progress of literature and science, or on works published in Canada, and to suggest such honorary notice as may seem desirable in the case of meritorious works or researches. The ordinary committee of the section shall be limited to three in number, and consist of the officers of the section or any members that the section may select to make up the number. 17. Beading of Papers. I. — The representatives of each section in the council shall be the judges of the papers to be accepted or rejected. No paper shall be read in any section, at any general meeting of the society, unless it has been presented, either in full or in abstract, at least three weeks before the first day of the meeting, and formally accepted by the council, in accord- ance with rule X. of the society, except by special permission of the council. The publication of any paper not so accepted, as having been read before or presented to it, may be disavowed by the society. II. — No paper already published shall be accepted by tho society except in cases where it shall have been entirely recast. III.— A programme containing the titles of papers to be read shall be printed and sent to the members of the society at least one week before the time of meeting. IV. — It shall be the duty of the secretaries of each section to prepare before each day's meeting a list of the papers to be presented to each section, with the names of the authors and the time demanded for their reading. These lists shall be printed and made public each morning before the time fixed for the meeting. 18. Publication of Papers. I. — The author shall revise his MS. after reading, to prepare it for the press. II. — The first proof in gallej- shall be sent to the author, and also a revise in galley. III. — The matter shall then be put in page, and a proof sent to the secretary of the section to which it belongs, who will sign the proof when he has corrected it. Should the author demand it, he may see a proof in page. IV. — The chairman of the printing committee or his deputy will ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 7 sign the final revise, and will sec that conformity in headings and in typo is observed. v.— If the authors of papers are to be absent in places not accessible without delay, they shall indicate some person by whom the proofs shall be read, failing which the secretary of the section shall be responsible for their reading and correction. VI.— If, from the absence of the author, the proof of a paper cannot bo read by him, and he has named no representativt^, and if the secretary will not read it, the printing committee shall not delay the volume for the author's return, but shall omit the ])aper. VII.— All matter in the French language shall be read for literal errors by a French proof-reader skilled in the typographic art, and familiar with the pi-esent usage in Krance. 1S>. Amendments to Cunstitution or Rules. {Adopted Session of 1S93). Members having motions to propose for a change in tin- constitution or regulations of the society, shall give notice thereof one month before any general meeting, and the secretary shall prepare s printed list of such notices, and submit it to the mombers on t!> first day of the meeting. No rule or regulation of the society shall be suspended, except with the c .ii=^cnt of two-thirds of the Fellows pre.ent at a meeting. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. FOUNDER: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE MARQUESS OF LORNE. OFFICERS KOR 1895-96. HONORARY PRESIDENT; HIS EXCELLENCY THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. President— A. R. C. SELWYN, C.M.G., F.R.S., LL.D. Vice-President— MOST REV. ARCHBISHOP O'BRIEN, D.D. . OFFICERS OF SECTIONS: SEC. I.— French Literature. History, and Allied Subjects. President, J- ROYAL. Vice-President, LABBE GOSSELIN. Secretary, J. E. ROY. SEC. IL— English Literature, History, and Allied Subjects. President, Vick-Presi dent, Secretary, DR. BOURINOT, C.M.G. ARCHBISHOP O'BRIEN, D.D. GEO. STEWART, Jun., D.C.L., LL.D. SEC. IIL— Mathematical, Physical, and Chemical Sciences. President, Vice-President, Secretary, PROF. BOVEY. PROF. DUPUIS. E. DEVILLE. SEC. IV. — Geological and Biological Sciences. President, Vice-President, Secretary, HoNOHARY Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, DR. WESLEY MILLS. PROF. D. P. PEN HALLOW. DR. BURGESS. J. G. BOURINOT, C.M.G., LL.D., D.C.L. D.L. JAMES FLETCHER, F.L.S. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL : » SANDFORD FLEMING, C.M.G., LL.D. ABBE J. C. K. LAFLAMME, D.D. SIR J. W. DAWSON, C.M.G., F.R.S. DR. G. M. DAWSON, C.M.G., F.R.S. J. M. LEMOINE. 1 The Council for lt«5 96 comprises the President and Vice-President of the Society the Presidwnts, Vice-Presidents and Secretaries of Sections, the Honorary T?eSer, besides ex-President- of the Society (Rule 7) during three years from the date of their retirement, and any four members of the Society who have formerly served on the Council, if the Council should elect them every year. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. LIST OF MEMBERS, 1895-96. l-litt6rature fran(?aise, histoire, archeologie, etc. B^GIN, MGRL.N.,ArchevequedeCyrene, Qweftec. Casgrain, l'abb^ H.-R., docteur es lettre-, Quebec (anclen president). CuoQ, l'abbiS, Oka, P.Q. David, L.-0., Montreal. > DeCazes, Paul, docteur 6s lettres, Quebec. DeCelles, A.-D., docteur 6s lettres, Ottawa. DioNNE, N.-E., Qu^ec. ^ „ . r, Fabbe, Hector, compagnon de I'ordre des SS. Michel et George, Parts France, Faucheb de Saint-Maurice, N., docteur es lettres, chevalier de la legion d'honneur, Quebec. , i. j i« ia»j«^ Frechette, Louis, docteur en droit, docteur es lettres, chevalier de la legion d'honneur, Montreal. , „ h r on Gosselin, l-abb^ Auguste, docteur ^s lettres, StCharles de Betlechaase, P.Q. Legendbe, NapoliSon, docteur es lettres, Quebec. LeMat, Pamphile, docteur es lettres, Quebec. LeMoine, J.-M., anclen president, Quebec. Marchand, F.-G., docteur e» lettres, Saint-Jean, P.Q. PoissoN, Adolphe, Arthabaskaville, P.Q. RouTHiER, A.-B., docteur en droit et es lettres, Quebec. Roy, Joseph-Edmond, Levis, P.Q. Royal, Joseph, rue St-Denis, Montreal. SuLTE, Benjamin, Ottawa. Tanguay, Mgr Cyprien, docteur es lettres, Ottawa. Verreau, L'ABBii HosPicE, docteur es lettres, Montreal. II.-ENGLISH LITERATURE, HISTORY, ARCHEOLOGY, ETC. BouRmoT, John George, C.M.G., LL.D., D.C.L., D.L. (Laval), Ottawa (ex- President). . . . ^ ^jj Brymner, Douglas, LL.D., Dominion Archivist, Ottawa. Campbell, Rev. John, LL.D., Presbyterian College, Montreal. Campbell, W. Wilfred, Department of the Secretary of State, Ottawa. Clark, Rev. W., D.C.L., LL.D., Trinity University, Toronto. Dawson, Samuel E., L.D., Ottawa. Denison, Lt.-Col. G. T., B.C.L., Toronto. ..«.../ Grant, Very Rev. G. M., D.D., Principal of Queen's l aiversity, Kingston (ex- President). Hale, Horatio, M.A. (Harvard), Clinton. Harvky, Arthur, Toronto. ,, ^ j, j Harvey, Rev. Moses, F.R.G.S., LL.D., St. John's, Newfoundland. Lampman, Archibald, Ottawa. Kingsford, William, LL.D., Ottawa. ■1 ' 12 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA MacCabe, J. A., LL.D., Principal of Normal School, Ottawa. Mair, Chakle», Kelowna, B.C. Murray, Georok, B.A., Montreal. Murray, Rev. J. Ci.ark, LL.D;, McGill University, Montreal. O'Brien, Most Rev. Dr., Archbishop of Halifax, Halifax, N.S. Patterson, Rev. GEORfJE, D.D., A^cio ^rtosgroif, JV.5. Reade, .Iohn, F.R.S.L., Montreal. Roberts, Charles G. D., M. A., King's College, Windsor, N.S. ScHULTZ, Sir J. C, LL.D., M.D., H^'mai^ppg., ■ - f- , Stewart, George, D.C.L., LLD., TiAAf^^.G.S.',-Quebec. - Watson, J., M.A., LL.D., Queen's University, Kingston. WiTHRow, Rev. W. H., D.D,, Toronto. III. -MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICA.L SCIENCES. B\uA.fiimiit,C.,C.Fj., Quebec. . j .. : BovEY, H. T., M.A., C.E., McGill University, Montreal. ' Cam.endar, Hu(m L., M.A., (Cantab.), F.R.S., McGill University, Montreal. Chapman, E. J., Ph.B., LL.D., University of- Toronto, Toronto. De FoviLLE, Rev. P., Montreal College, Jlfo«