Members desirous of completing their sets of volumes may obtain copies at the Office of the Association, at the reduced price of 8s. each, excepting those of 1857, 1858, and 1859. The Journal, Sessional Proceedings, issued at short intervals during the Session, may be obtained at the Office of the Association, or of P. S. King, Canadian Buildings, King Street, Westminster.

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APPENDIX C.

SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS, NOTTINGHAM, SEPTEMBER 20 TO 27, 1882.

REGULATIONS CONCERNING PAPERS AND DISCUSSION

Papers.

1. Papers on the 'Special Questions' are obtained by the Committees of Departments, and any person wishing to contribute them is requested to communicate with the Secretary of the Department to which the subject belongs, who will inform him whether the Papers required on that subject have been obtained.

2. The number of Papers on any Special Question should not exceed two. Unless the Papers advocate opposite opinions, one Paper is frequently sufficient. It is very desirable to limit the length of these Papers to thirty minutes as read, so as to leave due time for discussion, which it is one of the chief objects of the Association to promote. The attention of writers of Papers should be specially drawn to this consideration

3. Every Paper must be sent to the Secretary of the Association in London BEFORE SEPTEMBER I. On the first page of the Paper should be written the question or subject, the name of the Author, and his address. A short Abstract should accompany every Paper, both for the convenience of the press at the Congress, and for insertion, subject to the approval of the Council, in the volume of Transactions, should it not be deemed desirable to publish the Paper in extenso. (Non-compliance with this Regulation is liable to affect injuriously the press reports of the Meeting.)

4. The Council reserve to themselves the right of refusing or abridging any Papers which may be sent in ; and, even in the case of Papers that are accepted, the reading of such Papers must depend on the time at the disposal of the Council.

5. No Paper already published can be read.

6. No Paper, when read, can be published by the Author (unless by permission of the Council) previous to the publication of the Transactions of the Association for 1882.

7. The Special Questions will be taken in their respective Departments, one on each day, on the Thursday, Friday, and Monday of the Meeting.

8. Papers on other subjects comprised within the Departments will be received, and will, if approved, be taken on the Saturday and Tuesday, or as opportunity may offer. The length of these Papers (i.e. of Voluntary Papers) is limited to twenty minutes in reading.

9. The arrangement of the Papers in the Programme will be adhered to as far as practicable. Papers to be read will be handed to the Authors by one of the Secretaries of the Department to which they belong, at the commencement of the business on the day on which they are appointed to be read. After having been read, each Paper should be returned to the Secretary of the Depart

ment.

10. The Council may print any Paper, either wholly or in art, or in an abridged form, or may exclude it from the Transactions as they think fit.

Discussions.

1. Ten minutes will be allowed to each Speaker on a Special Question, and five minutes on any other Paper, unless, at the discretion of the President or Chairman for the time being, a longer period might with advantage be allowed.

2. Resolutions put from the chair must only be in the form of recommendations to the Council of the Association, by whom all such recommendations will be carefully considered. The number of persons present, and the proportions voting, must be recorded by the Chairman for the information of the Council.

3. No resolution can be put to a meeting unless, in the opinion of the President (or Chairman for the time being), the Department is adequately represented.

4. The Departments adjourn for half an hour each day (except Saturday) between One and Two o'clock.