XV1 OBJECTS AND RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
SECTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
22. The following Sections shall be constituted :— 
A.—Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics. 
B.— Chemistry. 
C.—Geology and Mineralogy. 
D.— Biology. 
E.—Geography. 
F.—Ethnology and Anthropology. 
G.—Economic Science and Agriculture. 
H.—Engineering and Architecture. 
I.—Sanitary Science and Hygiene. 
1.—Mental Science and Education. 
SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. 
23. The President of each Section shall take the Chair, and 
proceed with the business of the Section not later than 11 a.m. 
In the middle of the day an adjournment 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 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 of the several Sections shall determine the 
acceptance of papers before the beginning of the Session. It is 
therefore desirable, in order to give an opportunity to the Com- 
mittees of doing justice to the several communications, that each 
author should prepare an abstract of his paper, of a length suit- 
able for insertion in the published Transactions, Reports, or Pro- 
ceedings 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 fort- 
night before the Session. 
28. Members may communicate to the Section 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. They shall also take into consideration any suggestions 
which may be offered for the advancement of science. 
3. In recommending the appointment of Research Com- 
mittees, all members of such Committees shall be named, and 
