OBJECTS AND RULES 



OF 



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 n- 

 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. 



ADMISSION OF MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES. 



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

 come Members of the Association, upon subscribing an obligation to con- 

 form 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 tiie 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 Life Members of the Association, Annual 

 Subscribers, or Associates for the year, subject to the approval of a General 

 Meeting. 



COMPOSITIONS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, AND PRIVILEGES. 



Life Members shall pay, on admission, the sum of Ten Pounds. They 

 shall receive gratuitously the Reports of the Association which may be pub- 

 lished after the date of such payment. They are eligible to all the offices 

 of the Association. 



Annual Subscribers shall pay, on admission, the sum of Two Pounds, 

 and in each following year the sum of One Pound. They shall receive 

 gratuitously the Reports of the Association for the year of their admission 

 and for the years in which they continue to pay without intermission their 

 Annual Subscription. By omitting to pay this Subscription in any particu- 

 lar year, Members of this class (Annual Subscribers) lose for that and all 

 future years the privilege of receiving the volumes of the Association gratis : 

 but they may resume their Membership and other privileges at any sub- 

 sequent Meeting of the Association, paying on each such occasion the sum of 

 One Pound. They are eligible to all the Offices of the Association. 



Associates for the year shall pay on admission the sum of One Pound. 

 They shall not receive gratuitously the Reports of the Association, nor be 

 eligible to serve on Committees, or to hold any office. 



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