Vm CONSTITUTION. 



and shall also keep the Assistant Secretary of the Association informed of the 

 titles and authors of all such papers. The Assisiant Secretary shall, on his 

 part, keep the Recorder informed of all papers that may be notified to him 

 direct. 



6. When a proposal is made for the reading of a paper at a joint meeting 

 of Sections, the President, Recorder and Secretary of each Section shall, 

 ax officio, attend a meeting convened by a General Secretary to consider the 

 same. 



7. During the continuance of the Annual Session, the Local Secretary of 

 each Section shall be responsible for the punctual transmission to the Assistant 

 Secretary of the daily programme of his Section for early publication, and of 

 any other recommendations adopted by the Sectional Committee ; and shall, 

 at the close of the Session, furnish the Assistant Secretary with a list, showing 

 which of the papers notified for reading before the Section have been so read, 

 and which have been taken as read, and giving the dates in either case. 

 He shall, at the same time, indicate the recommendations of the Sectional 

 Committee with respect to each paper, i.e., whether it .'should be printer'' in 

 full, or in abstract, or by title only. 



8. Each Sectional Committee shall cause to be prepared a record of the 

 discussion on each paper read at its meeting ; and such record shall be attached 

 to the paper and handed in with the same in terms oi Clause 11 of these 

 instructions. 



9. Each Sectional Committee shall, during the continuance of the Annual 

 Session, meet daily, unless otherwise determined, to compleite the arrange- 

 ments for the next day. 



10. In deciding on any recommendation regarding the printing of or 

 otherwise of a paper submitted to it, the Sectional Committee shall consider 

 only the merits of the paper, and not the financial condition of the Association. 



11. The Local Secretary of each Section shall, at the close of each day, 

 collect the papers that have been read and hand them to the Assistant 

 Secretary, together with a note explaining the cause of absence of any paper 

 not so handed over. 



12. Sectional Officers shall do their utmo.st to ensure punctual commence- 

 ment and termniation of the Section's daily proceedings; and, in drafting the 

 programme for the next day, the Committee shall endeavour to allot a 

 specified time to the reading and discussion of each paper, in order to prevent 

 other Sections or the Association as a whole being inconvenienced in conse- 

 quence of delays. 



III. Bye-law< for the Affiliation of Scientific and Kindred Societies. 



Philosophical and Scientific Societies, and other Associations of a kindred 

 character may. on application to, and with the approval of tho Council, 

 affiliate with the South African Association for the Advancement of Science 

 on the following conditions : 



1. That as a Society can only be affiliated on the approval of the Council, 

 no minimum of membership of such Society need be specified. 



2. That each Society shall pay the Association a minimum fee of £5 for 

 a strength of 50 members or less, and a further £1 for each additional 10 or 

 portion of 10 members. 



3. That such Society shall be entitled to one copy of the South African 

 Journal of Scienca for each £1 paid to the Association. 



4. That such Society may, if it has a strength of 50 members, be repre- 

 sented on the Council of the Associatdon by its President or such other 

 member as may be nominated for the purpose. 



5. That all members of affiliated Societies may join the Association as 

 ordinary members, with full privileges, at a reduced annual subscription 

 of 15s. 



6. That affiliated Societies shall be asked to take intO' consideration the 

 admission of members of the Association into their Societies at a reduced 

 subscription. 



7. That papers contributed to affiliated Societies may, on recommendation 

 of both their own Council and that of the Association, be printed in the 

 Association's Journal of Science, after which the authors shall be entitled 

 to reprints on the usual terms. 



