IV CONSTITUTIOX. 



VIII.— LOCAL COMMITTEES. 



In the intervals between the Sessions of the Association, its 

 local affairs shall be managed by the Local Committees. This 

 Committee shall consist of the Members of the Council resident in 

 that Centre, with such other Members of the Association as the 

 said Members of Council may elect. 



IX.— RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 



The Local Committee of the Centre at which the Session is 

 to be held shall form a Reception Committee, to assist in 

 making arrangements for the meeting, and for the reception and 

 entertainment of the visitors.* This Committee shall have power 

 to add to its number from among the Members and Associates 

 of the Association. 



X.— HEADQUARTERS. 

 The Headquarters of the Association shall be in Cape Town. 



XL— FINANCE. 



(a) The Financial Year shall end on the 30th of June. 



(b) All sums received for Life Subscriptions and for Entrance 

 Fees shall be invested in the names of three Trustees appointed 

 by the Council, and only the interest arising from such investment 

 shall be applied to the uses of the Association. 



(c) Subscriptions shall be collected by the Local Honorary 

 Treasurer of each Centre, and by him forwarded to the General 

 Treasurer, after deducting expenditure authorized by the Council. 



{d) The Local Committees shall not have power to expend 

 money without the authority of the Council, with the exception of 

 the Local Committee of the Centre in which the next ensuing 

 Session is to be held, which shall have the power to expend money 

 collected, or otherwise obtained in that Centre. Such disburse- 

 ments shall be audited, and the financial statement and the surplus 

 funds forwarded to the General Treasurer at least half yearly. 



(e) All cheques shall be signed either by the General Treasurer 

 and a General Secretary, or by the Local Treasurer and Secretary 

 of the Centre at which the next ensuing Session is to be held. 



(/) Whenever the balance in the hands of the Treasurer shall 

 exceed the sum requisite for the probable or current expenses of 

 the Association, the Council shall invest the excess in the names 

 of the Trustees. 



(g) The whole of the accounts of the Association, i.e., the local 

 as well as the general accounts, shall be audited annually by an 

 auditor appointed by the Council, and the balance-sheet shall be 

 submitted to the Council at the first meeting thereafter, and be 

 printed in the Annual Report of the Association. 



XII.— GRANTS FOR RESEARCH. 



(a) Grants may be made by the Association to Committees or 

 to individuals for the promotion of Scientific research. 



* For arrang«^ments with regard to Papers to be read, see Section XIV. 



