SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. 



27. The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the 

 several sections shall he nominated by the Local Committee of the 

 colony in which the next ensuing Session of the Association is to 

 be held, and shall haA'e power to act until their election is con- 

 firmed by the Council. From the time of their nomination, which 

 shall take place as soon as possible after the Session of the Asso- 

 ciation, they shall be regarded as an Organising Committee, for 

 the purpose of obtaining information upon papers likely to be sub- 

 mitted to the sections, and for the general furtherance of the work 

 of the Sectional Committees. The sectional Presidents of former 

 years shrill be ex officio members of the Organising Committees. 



28. The Sectional Committee shall have power to add to their 

 nimiber. 



29. The Committees for 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 shoidd prepare an abstract of his paper of a length suit- 

 able for insertion in the published transactions 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. 



30. Members may communicate to the sections the papers of 

 non-members. 



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

 properly therein. 



32. The Sectional Committees shall me^t at 2 p.m. on the first 

 day of the Session in the rooms of their respective sections, and 

 prepare the programmes for their sections and forward the same 

 to the General Secretaries for publication. 



33. On the second and following days- the Sectional Committees 

 shall meet at 10 a.m. 



34. No report, paper, or abstract shall be inserted in the annual 

 volume unless it be handed to the Secretary before the conclusion 

 of the Session. 



35. The Sectional Committees shall report to the Publication 

 Committee what papers it is thought advisable to print. 



36. They shall also take into consideration any suggestions 

 which may be off'ered for the advancement of Science. 



RESEARCH COMMITTEES. 



37. In recommending the appointment of Research Committees 

 all members of such Committees shall be named, and one of them 

 who has notified his willingness 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 con- 



