VI RESEARCH COMMITTEES. 



the Association, to conduct research or to administer a grant in 

 aid of research. 



(d) In recommending the appointment of Research Com- 

 mittees, the Sectional Committee shall specifically name all Mem- 

 bers of such Committees ; and one of them, who has notified his 

 willingness to accept the ofiice, shall be appointed to act as Secre- 

 tary. The number of Members appointed to serve on a Research 

 Committee shall be as small as is consistent with its efficient 

 working. 



(c) All recommendations adopted by Sectional Committees 

 shall be forwarded without delay to the Council for considera- 

 tion and decision. 



(/) Research Committees shall be appointed for one year 

 only, but if the work of a Research Committee cannot be com- 

 pleted in that year, application may be made, through a Sectional 

 Committee, at the next Annual Session for re-appointment, with 

 or without a grant — or a further grant — of money. 



(g) Every Research Committee, and every individual, to 

 whom a grant had been made, shall present to the following 

 Annual INIeeting a report of the progress which has been made, 

 together with a statement of the sums which have been expended. 

 Any balance shall be returned to the General Treasurer. 



(/?) In each Research Committee, the Secretary thereof shall 

 be the only person entitled to call on the Treasurer for such por- 

 tions of the sums granted as may from time to time be required. 



XII.— SPECIAL COMMITTEES. 



The Council shall have power to appoint Special Committees 

 to deal with such subjects as it may approve, to draft regulations 

 for any such Committees, and to vote money to assist the 

 Committees in their work. 



XIII.— SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. 



(a) The Sectional Committees shall consist of a President, 

 two Vice-Presidents, two or more Secretaries, and such other 

 persons as the Council may consider necessary, who shall be 

 elected by the Council. Of the Secretaries, one shall act as 

 Recorder of the Section, and at least one shall be resident in the 

 Centre where the Annual Session is to be held. 



(b) From the time of their election, which shall take place as 

 soon as possible after the Session of the Association, they shall 

 form themselves into an organising Committee for the purpose 

 of obtaining information upon Papers likely to be submitted to 

 the Sections, and for the general furtherance of the work of the 

 Sectional Committees. 



(c) The Sectional Committees shall have power to add to 

 their number from among the Members of the Association. 



(d) The Committees of the several Sections shall determine 

 the acceptance of Papers before the beginning of the Session, 

 keeping the General Secretaries informed from time to time of 

 their work. It is therefore desirable, in order to give an oppor- 



