162 REPRESENTATIVE’S REPORT. 
NOTE.—The rules referred to in this motion being 
“Rules of the British Association, somewhat modified,” 
were the following :— 
Membership. 
1. All persons who signify their intention of attending the first 
meeting shall be entitled be become original Members of the 
Association upon agreeing to conform to its Rules. 
2. The Officers, Members of Council, Fellows, and Members of 
Literary and Philosophical Societies, publishing Transactions or 
Journals in the British Empire, shall be entitled in like manner to 
become Members 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 payment of the 
prescribed Subscription, and the approval of a General Meeting’ 
Publications. 
3. All Members who have paid their Subscriptions shall be 
entitled to receive the Publications of the Association graf#zs. 
Place of Meeting. 
4. The Association shall meet for one Week or longer. The 
place of meeting shall be appointed by the General Committee 
two years in advance. 
General Committee. 
5. There shall be a General Committee or Council, having the 
supreme control, to be composed of delegates from the different 
Colonies or Colonial Scientific Societies. The number of dele- 
gates from each Society or Colony shall be proportionate to the 
number of members from the particular Colony or Society— 
subscribing or otherwise—taking part in the proceedings (z.e., after 
the preliminary meetings); each Colony or Society shall be allowed 
to nominate a delegate for say each one hundred of its members. 
If the General Committee be established on the basis suggested, 
viz.: One delegate to each 100 members or less, the total number 
of such representatives would be about twenty-five or thirty, since 
there are some twenty Scientific Societies in the Australasian 
Colonies, and the number of members is between 2500 and 3000. 
Local Committees. 
6. A local Committee shall be appointed in the place of meeting, 
to make arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the 
visitors, and to make preparations for the business of the General 
Meetings. 
