PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL MEETING. \i.\ 



Section IX. Finance. 



(a) Delete ' 30th of June ' for the purpose of inserting 

 ' 31st of May." 



[nsert the following as a new sub-section: — 



i/i On the request of the majority of the .Members of 

 Council of any centre in which two or more Members of Council 

 reside, the Council shall empower the local Members of Council 

 in that centre to expend sums not exceeding in the aggregate 

 ten per centum of the amount of annual subscriptions raised in 

 that centre.' 



The present sub-section (/) to he designated '('/).' 

 Section XIV. Alteration to Rules. 



1 >elete the whole Section for the purpose of substituting the 

 following: — 



' Any proposed alteration of the Rules shall be valid if 

 agreed to by two-thirds of the Members of Council. Such 

 alteration of Rules shall not be permanently incorporated in 

 the Constitution until approved by the next Annual Meeting.' 



Section XV. Voting. 

 I )elete ' or on questions connected with alterations to rules.' " 



Mr. I nnes, in moving the adoption of the report, said that 

 Members of Council residing in the centre which had the largest 

 numerical membership in the Association had their hands tied by 

 the inelasticity of the Constitution, and, although they wished the 

 headquarters of the Association to remain at the coast, it was 

 their desire to obtain a greater local autonomy for themselves. 

 He suggested that the incoming Council should be asked to act 

 along the lines of the amendments recommended by the Com- 

 mittee, and that the next Annual Meeting should formally pass 

 those amendments and indemnify the Council in the event of 

 interim transgression of the letter of the present Constitution. 



Mr. J. D. Stevens seconded. 



Prof. Crawford suggested that the Meeting should discuss 

 the principles involved in the proposed amendments before con- 

 sidering the time of their taking effect. This course was unani- 

 mously agreed to. It was also agreed that the sections and 

 sub-sections of the report be considered seriatim. 



The Meeting then proceeded to consider the adoption of the 

 principles involved in each amendment. 



The amendments to Sections IV and IX were approved of. 



On the amendment to Section XIV, Prof. Lehfeldt moved 

 that it is desirable that the present section should be retained, 

 and the following added thereto as a new sub-section : — 



" During the interval between two Annual Sessions of 



the Association any alterations proposed to be made in the 



Rules shall be valid if agreed to by two-thirds of the 



