PKOGRAMME. XVll 



Visits to places of interest in the immediate neighbourhood of Christ- 

 church will be made during the meeting. After the meeting is over 

 excursions will be made to the West Coast Sounds, to the top of Ruapehu, 

 and, if possible, to the Upper Rakaia. The trip to the top of Ruapehu 

 will start from Napier, and will be accompanied by Mr. H. Hill, F.G.S. 

 The trip to the Sounds will start from Port Chalmers, and will be accom- 

 panied by Professor Hutton, F.G.S. 



General Committee 



Consists of the general and sectional officers of the Association, dele- 

 gates from colonial scientific societies, and contributors of papers to the 

 Association. It will meet in Canterbury College at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 

 the 15th January, 1891, to confirm the election of sectional officers and 

 transact other business. 



Reports on the Progress of Science, and of Researches intrusted by 

 the General Committee to individuals or to Scientific Committees, must 

 be forwarded to the General Secretaries for presentation to the Sectional 

 Committees, accompanied by a statement whether the author will be 

 present at the annual meeting. 



Organizing Sectional Committees. 



The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the several 

 Sections are nominated by the Council, and have power to act until their 

 names are submitted to the General Committee for election. From the 

 time of their nomination they constitute Organizing Committees for the 

 purpose of obtaining information upon papers likely to be submitted to the 

 Sections, and of preparing reports thereon to be presented to the Com- 

 mittees of the Sections at their first meeting. The Sectional Presidents 

 of former years are ex officio members of the Organizing Committee. 



The Organizing Committees for the several Sections determine the 

 acceptance of papers before the beginning of the meeting. It is therefore 

 desirable, in order to give an opportunity to the Committees of doing 

 justice to the several communications, that each author should prepare 

 an abstract of his paper of a length suitable for insertion in the published 

 Transactions of the Association, and that he should send it, together 

 with the original pa^^er, to the Secretary of the Section before which it 

 is to be read, so that it may reach him on or before the 1st January, 1891. 



]\Iembers may communicate to the Sections the papers of non- 

 members. 



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

 therein. 



During the annual meeting the Sections will have about twelve hours 

 for the reading and discussion of papers. 



Sectional Committees. 



At 2 p.m. on the first day of the meeting the Organizing Committees 

 meet in the rooms of their respective Sections, together with previous 

 Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Sections, and form themselves into 

 Sectional Committees, with power to add to their number. 



On the second and following days the Sectional Committees will . 

 meet at 10 a.m. 



The Sectional Committees will determine the days on which the 

 different papers are to be read. 



No report, paper, or abstract can be inserted in the annual volume 

 unless it be handed to the Secretary before the conclusion of the meeting. 



The Sectional Committee will report to the Publication Committee 

 what papers it is thought advisable to print. 



They will also take into consideration any suggestions which may bo 

 offered for the advancement of science. 



