OBJECTS AND RULES 



THE ASSOCIATION. 



OBJECTS. 



The Association contemplates no interference with the ground occupied by 

 other Institutions. Its objects are, — To give a stronger impulse and a more 

 systematic direction to scientific inquiry, — to promote the intercourse of those 

 who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one an- 

 other, and with foreign philosophers, — to obtain a more general attention to 

 the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind 

 which impede its progress. 



RULES. 



MEMBERS. 



All Persons who have attended the first Meeting shall be entitled to be- 

 come Members of the Association, upon subscribing an obligation to conform 

 to its Rules. 



The Fellows and Members of Chartered Literary and Philosophical So- 

 cieties publishing Transactions, in the British Empire, shall be entitled, in 

 like manner, to become Members of the Association. 



The Officers and Members of the Councils, or Managing Committees, of 

 Philosophical Institutions, shall be entitled, in like manner, to become Mem- 

 bers of the Association. 



All Members of a Philosophical Institution, recommended by its Council 

 or Managing Committee, shall be entitled, in like manner, to become Mem- 

 bers of the Association. 



Persons not belonging to such Institutions shall be elected by the General 

 Committee or Council, to become Members of the Association, subject to the 

 approval of a General Meeting. 



SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



The amount of the Annual Subscription shall be One Pound, to be paid in 

 advance upon admission ; and the amount of the composition in lieu thereof, 

 Five Pounds. 



An admission fee of One Pound is required from all Members elected as 

 Annual Subscribers, after the Meeting of 1839, in addition to their annual 

 subscription of One Pound. 



The volume of Reports of the Association will be distributed gratuitously 

 to every Annual Subscriber who has actually paid the Annual Subscription 

 for the year to which the volume relates, and to all those Life Members who 

 shall have paid Two Pounds as a Book Subscription. 



Subscriptions shall be received by the Treasurer or Secretaries. 



If the Annual Subscription of any Member shall have been in arrear for 



