OBJECTS AND RULES OF THE ASSOCTATIOX. XV. 



Money Affairs of the Association. 



12. The financial year shall end on the 30th June. 



13. All sums received for life subscriptions, and from the sale of back volumes 

 of Reports, shall be invested in the names of three trustees appointed by the 

 Council, and the interest arising from such investment shall be reserved for grants 

 in aid of scientific research. 



14. The subscriptions shall be collected by the Local Secretary in each colony, 

 and be forwarded by iiim to the General Treasurer. 



15. The Local Committees shall not have power to expend money without 

 the authority of the Council, with the exception of the Local Committee of the 

 State in which the next ensuing session is to be held, which shall have power to 

 expend money collected or otherwise obtained in that colony. Such disburse- 

 ments shall be audited, and the balance-sheet and the surplus funds be forwarded 

 to the General Treasurer. 



16. All cheques shall be signed either by the General Treasurer and the General 

 Secretary, or by the Local Treasurer and the Secretary of the colony in which 

 the ensuing session is to be held. 



17. Whenever the balance in the hands of the banker shall exceed the sum 

 requisite for the probable or current expenses of the Association, the Council shall 

 invest the excess in the names of the Trustees. 



18. The whole of the accounts of the Association — i.e., the local as well as the 

 general accounts — shall be audited annually by two Auditors appointed by the 

 Council ; and the balance-sheet shall be submitted to the Council at its first meet- 

 ing thereafter. 



Money Grants. 



19. Committees and individuals to whom grants of money have been intrusted 

 are required to present to the following meeting a report of the progress which 

 has been made, together with a statement of the sums which have been expended. 

 Any balance shall be returned to the General Treasurer. 



20. In each Committee the Secretary is the only person entitled to call on the 

 Treasurer for such portions of the sums granted as may from time to time be 

 required. 



21. In grants of money to Committees or to individuals, the Association 

 does not contemplate the payment of personal expenses to the members or to the 

 individual. 



Sections of the Association. 



22. The following Sections shall be constituted : — 



A. — Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics. 



B. — Chemistry and Mineralogy. 



D. — Biology. 



C— Geology. 



E. — Geography. 



F. — Ethnology and Anthropology. 



G (1). — Social and Statistical Science. 



G (2). — Agriculture. 



H. — Engineering and Architecture. 



I. — Sanitary Science and Hygiene. 



J. — Mental Science and Education. 



Sectional Co.mmittees. 



23. The President of each Section shall take the chair and proceed with the 

 business of the Section not later than 1 1 a.m. In the middle of the day an adjourn- 

 ment for luncheon shall be made ; and at 4 p.m. the Sections shall close. 



24. On the second and following days the Sectional Committees shall meet 

 at 10 a.m. 



25. The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the several Sections 

 shall be nominated by the Local Committee of the colony in which the next ensuing 

 session of the Association is to be held, and shall have power to act until their 

 election is confirmed by the Council. From the time of their nomination, which 



