OBJECTS AND RULES OF THE 
ASSOCIATION. 
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. 
CouNotu. 
6. There shall be a Council, consisting of the following 
members :—l. Present and former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, 
Treasurers$ and Secretaries of the Association, and present and 
former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the Sec- 
tions. 2. Members 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 Asso- 
ciation, and during that period shall be called together at least 
twice. 
Loca ComMMITTEES. 
8. In the intervals between the Sessions of the Association, its 
affairs shall be managed in the various Colonies by Local Com- 
mittees. The Local Committee of each Colony shall consist of 
the members of Council resident in that Colony. 
