GRANTS FOR RESEARCH. 



XII.— GRANTS FOR RESEARCH. 



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

 to individuals for the promotion of Scientific research. 



(b) Committees and individuals to whom grants of money shall 

 be entrusted are required to present to the following Meeting a 

 report of the progress which has been made, together with a state- 

 ment of the sums which have been expended. Any balance shall 

 be returned to the General Treasurer. In each Committee the 

 Secretary is the only person entitled to call on the Treasurer for 

 such portions of the sums granted as may from time to time be 

 required. In making grants of money to Committees or to indi- 

 viduals, the Association does not contemplate 'the payments of 

 personal expenses to the Members, or to individuals. 



XIII.— SECTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



The Council shall have the power to constitute such sections of 

 the Association as it may consider necessary. The following 

 sections have been constituted : — 



A. Astronomy. 

 Chemistry. 

 ^Mathematics. 

 Meteorology, 

 Physics. 



B. Anthropology and Ethnology. 

 Bacteriology. 



Botany. 



Geography. 



Geology and Mineralogy. 



Zoology. A^ 



C. Agriculture. 

 Architecture. 

 Engineering. 

 Geodesy and Surveying. 

 Sanitary Science. 



D. Archeology. 

 Education. 

 Mental Science. 

 Philology. 

 Political Economy. 

 Sociology. 

 Statistics. 



XIV.— SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. 



(a) The Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Secretaries of the several 

 sections shall be chosen by the Council, after consultation with the 

 Local Committee of the Centre at which the next ensuing Session of 

 the Association is to be held. 



{h) 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 Sec- 



