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render advice and assistance to him when he finds it necessary 

 to consult them. The Associate Editor of each division 

 (department) shall be responsible to the Editor for a report of 

 each meeting held by the Branch of which he is the representa- 

 tive. 



No. 7. Duties of the Excursions Committee. 

 The Excursions Committee shall from time to time make 

 arrangements for field work, subject to the approval of the 

 Council. It shall submit a signed report to the Council outlining 

 the work done at the excursions during the past season. The 

 chairman of this Committee shall be responsible for a report of 

 each excursion for publication in The Ottawa Naturalist. 



No. 8. Leaders at Excursions. 

 The Leaders at Excursions are persons appointed by the 

 Council to lead parties interested in the various phases of 

 natural history in connection with the regular excursions of 

 the Club. The person whose name appears first as Leader in 

 any department shall assume the responsibility of providing a 

 Leader in his department at each excursion. 



No. 9. Duties of the Lectures Committee. 



The Lectures Committee shall prepare a lecture programme 

 before November of each year and submit it for approval to the 

 Council. Its members shall constitute a Reception Committee 

 at the various lectures. 



The Chairman of this Committee shall be the custodian of 

 the programmes; he shall be responsible to the Editor for a 

 report of each lecture; and he shall at the close of each year 

 submit a signed report to the Council outlining the work accom- 

 plished under the supervision of this Committee. This report 

 shall be embodied in the Annual Report of the Council. 



No. 10. Departments. 



The Club recognizes the following departments of natural 

 history: Archaeology, Botany, Entomology, Geology, Orni- 

 thology, Zoology. 



Members may form groups for intensive study in the depart- 

 ments in which they are respectively interested. 



Each department shall have the privilege of nominating 

 one or more of its members as Associate Editors, such nomina- 

 tions being submitted to the Council of the Club. 



No. 11. Order of Business at Meetings of Council. 



1. Reading minutes of previous meeting. 



2. Business arising out of minutes. 



