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The following are the 



SUGGESTED NEW RULES FOR CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES. 



"(1). Any Society is eligible to be placed on the list of Corres- 

 ponding Societies of the Association which undertakes local scien- 

 tific investigations, and which publishes notices of the results of 

 such investigations, especially if they are such as are carried on by 

 Committees of the Association. (Amongst such topics during the 

 past five years have been, Luminous meteors ; Meteoric dust in 

 various localities ; Rainfall ; Erosion of sea-coasts ; Height of 

 underground waters ; Erratic blocks ; Underground temperatures ; 

 Anthropometric collections ; Photographs of typical races and 

 crosses ; Ancient earthworks ; Pre-historic remains ; Migration of 

 birds at light-houses and light-ships; Periodical natural phenomena, 

 such as flowering of plants ; Injurious insects, their first appear- 

 ance, &c. ; Working of Education Code in elementary schools ; 

 Rudimentary Science in schools ; Wind-pressure on buildings.) 



" (2). Application may be made by any Society to be placed on 

 the list of Corresponding Societies. Applications must be ad- 

 dressed to the Secretary on or before the first day of June preced- 

 ing the annual meeting at which it is intended they should be con- 

 sidered, and must be accompanied by specimens of the publica- 

 tions of the local scientific investigations recently undertaken by 

 the Society. 



" (3). A Corresponding Societies Committee shall be appointed 

 by the Council for the purpose of considering these applications, 

 as well as for that of keeping themselves generally informed of the 

 annual work of the Corresponding Societies, and of superintending 

 the preparation of the list of papers published .by them. This 

 Committee shall make an annual report to the Committee of Re- 

 commendations, and shall suggest such additions or changes in 

 the list of Corresponding Societies as they may think desirable, 

 subject only to the conditions — (1) That the number,of Societies 

 on the list shall not exceed that which may be from time to time 

 prescribed by the Council ; (2) That the intended removal of any 

 Society from the list shall not take effect until immediately before 

 the commencement of the next annual meeting. 



" (4). Every Corresponding Society shall transmit each year, on 

 or before the first of June, to the Secretary of the Association, a 

 copy of its publications during the preceding twelve months, and 

 shall at the same time return, properly filled up, a schedule, which 

 will be issued by the Secretary of the Association, and will contain a 



