BYE-LAWS. XI 



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

 ment and termination 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, m order to 

 prevent other Sections or the Association as a whole being inconvenienced 

 in consequence of delays. 



III. — Bye-laws 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 the 

 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 Science for each £1 10s. 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 Association 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. 



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 recommenda- 

 tion 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. 



