XVI. OBJECTS AND RULES OP THE ASSOCIATION. 



shall take place as soon as possible after the session of the Association, they shall 

 be regarded as an Organising Committee, for the purpose of obtaining information 

 upon papers likely to be submitted to the Sections, and for the general furtherance 

 of the work of the Sectional Committees. The Sectional Presidents of former 

 years shall be ex officio members of the Organising Committees. 



26. The Sectional Committees shall have power to add to their number. 



27. The Committees for the several Sections sliall determine the acceptance 

 of papers before the beginning of the session. It is therefore desirable, in order 

 to give an opportunity to the Committees of doing justice to the several com- 

 munications, that each author should prepare an abstract of his paper, of a length 

 suitable for insertion in the published Transactions, Reports, or Proceedings of 

 the Association, and that he should send it, together with the original paper, to 

 the Secretary of the Section before which it is to be read, so that it may reach 

 him at least a fortnight before the session. 



28. Members may communicate to the Sections the papers of non- members. 



29. The author of any paper is at liberty to reserve his right of property 

 therein. 



30. No report, paper, or abstract shall be inserted in the volume of 

 Transactions, Reports, or Proceedings unless it be handed to the Secretary before 

 the conclusion of the session. 



31. The Sectional Committees shall report to the Publication Committee 

 what papers it is thought advisable to print. 



32. Tliey shall also take into consideration any suggestions which may be 

 offered for the advancement of science. 



33. In recommending the appointment of Research Committees all members 

 of such Committees shall be named, and one of them who has notified his willing- 

 ness to accept the office shall be appointed to act as Secretary. The number of 

 members appointed to serve on a Research Committee should be as small as is 

 consistent with its efficient working. Individuals may be recommended to make 

 reports. 



34. All recommendations adopted by Sectional Committees shall be forwarded 

 without delay to the Recommendation Committee ; unless this is done the recom- 

 mendation cannot be considered by the Council. 



Official Journal. 



35. At the close of each meeting of the Sections, the Sectional Secretaries 

 shall correct, on a copy of the oificial journal, the list of papers which have been 

 read, and add to them those appointed to be read on the next day, and send the 

 same to the General Secretaries for printing. 



Recommendation Committee. 



36. The Council at its first meeting in each session shall appoint a Committee 

 of Recommendation, to receive and consider the reports of the Research Com- 

 mittees appointed at the last session, and the recommendations from Sectional 

 Committees. The Recommendation Committee shall also report to the Council, 

 at a subsequent meeting, the measures which they would advise to be adopted 

 for the advancement of science. 



37. All proposals for the appointment of Research Committees and for grants 

 of money (see Rules 19-21) must be sent in through the Recommendation Com- 

 mittee. 



Publication Committee. 



3S. The Council shall each session elect a Publication Committee, which 

 shall receive the recommendations of the Sectional Committees with regard to 

 publication of papers, and decide finally upon the matter to be printed in the 

 volume of Transactions, Reports, or Proceedings. 



Alteration op PvUles. 

 39. No alteration of the rules shall be made unless due notice of all such 

 additions or alterations sliall have been given at one meeting, and carried at another 

 meeting of the Council held during a subsequent session of the Association. 



