OBJECTS AND RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION, 
Carried at the Sydney Meeting in January, 1898, and Con- 
firmed at the Melbourne Meeting, January, 1900. 
[Notr.— Portions of Rules printed in italics—proposed and carried at the 
Melbourne, 1900, Session—require to be confirmed at the Hobart 
Meeting of the Council in 1902. } 
OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
The objects of the Association 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 Australasian colonies and in other countries; to obtain more 
general attention to the objects of science, and a removal of any 
disadvantages of a public kind which may impede its progress. 
RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
MEMBERS. 
1. Members shall be elected by the Council. 
2. The subscription shall be £1 for each Session, to be paid in 
advance. 
3. A member may at any time become a Life Member by one 
payment of £10, in lieu of future subscriptions. 
4. Ladies’ Tickets (admitting the holders to the General and 
Sectional Meetings, as well as the Evening Entertainments) may 
be obtained by full Members on payment of 10s. for each ticket. 
Ladies may also become Members on the same terms as gentlemen. 
SESSIONS. 
5. The Association shall meet in Session periodically for one 
week or longer. The place of meeting shall be appointed by the 
Council two years in advance, and the arrangements for it shall 
be entrusted to the Local Committee. 
CounNcCIL. 
6. There shall be a Council consisting of the following Members : 
—(1) Present and former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Treasurers 
and Secretaries of the Association, and present and former Presi- 
dents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the Sections. (2) Mem- 
bers of the Association delegated to the Council by Scientific 
Societies. (3) Secretaries of Research Committees appointed by the 
Council. 
7. The Council shall meet only during the Session of the 
Association, and during that period shall be called together at 
least twice. 
