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Naiues and 

 Numbers of 

 Sections. 



Meetings of 

 Sections. 



Members of 

 Sections. 



Officers of Sec- 

 tions. 



Mode of 

 appointinent 

 of Officers of 

 Sections. 



Times of 

 Meetings of 

 Sections. 



Corresponding 

 Members. 



LIII. Sections may be established for the following 

 departments, viz : — 



Section A. — Physical, Astronomical, and Mechani- 

 cal Science, including Enojineerincj. 



Section B. — Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Metal- 



lurgy. 

 Section C- 

 Section D.- 

 Section IC.- 



-Natural History and Geology. 



-Tlic Microscope and its applications. 



-Geography and Ethnology. 



Section F. — Social Science and Statistics. 



Section G. — Literature and the Fine Arts, includ- 

 ing Architecture. 



Section H. — Medical Science, including Physiology 

 and Pathology. 



LIV. The meetings of the Sections shall be for 

 scientific objects only. 



LV. There shall be no membership of the Sections 

 as distinguished from the membership of the Society. 



LVI. There shall be for each Section a Chairman to 

 preside at the meetings, and Secretary to keep minutes 

 of the proceedings, who shall jointly prepare and 

 forward to one of the Secretaries of the Society, prior 

 to the 1st of November in each year, a report of the 

 Proceedings of the Section during that year, and such 

 report shall be submitted to the Council. 



LVII. The Chairman and the Secretary of each 

 Section shall be appointed at the first meeting of the 

 Council after its election in March, in the first instance 

 from Members of the Society who shall have signified 

 to one of the Secretaries of the Society their willingness 

 to undertake these offices, and subsequently, from such 

 as are recommended by the Section as fit and willing. 



LVIII. The first meeting of each Section in the year 

 shall be fixed by the Council; subsequently, the Section 

 shall arrange its own days and hours of meeting, 

 provided these be at fixed intervals. 



LIX. The Council shall have power to propose 

 gentlemen not resident in Victoria, for election in the 

 same manner as Ordinary Members, as Corresponding 



