OBJECTS AND RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION, XV 
OFFICERS. 
9. The President, five Vice-Presidents (elected from amongst 
former Presidents), a General Treasurer, one or more General 
Secretaries, and Local Secretaries, shall be appointed -by the 
Council. 
REoEPTION CoMMITTEE. 
10. The Local Committee of the Colony in which the Session is 
to be held shall appoint a Reception Committee to assist in 
making arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the 
visitors. This Committee shall have power to add to its number. 
OFFICE. 
11. The permanent Office of the Association will be held in 
Sydney. 
Money AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
12. The financial year shall end on the 30th June. 
18. All sums received for life subscriptions, and from the sales 
of back volumes-of Reports, shali 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 researches. 
14. The subscriptions shall be collected by the Local Secretary 
in each Colony, and be forwarded by him 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 Colony 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 
es of the Colony in which the ensuing Session is to be 
neld. 
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 meeting thereafter. 
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Money Grants. 
19. Committees and individuals to whom grants of money have 
been entrusted 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. Jn 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. 
