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Reception Committee. 



14. The Local Committee of the colony in which the session is to be 

 held shall form a Eeception 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. 



15. The permanent office of the Association shall be in Sydney. 



Money Affairs of the Association. 



16. The financial year shall end on the 30th June. 



17. All sums received for life subscriptions and for entrance-fees shall 

 be invested in the names of three Trustees appointed by the Council, and 

 the interest only arising from such investment shall be applied to the uses 

 of the Association. 



18. The subscriptions shall be collected by the Local Secretary in 

 each colony, and by him forwarded to the General Treasurer. 



19. 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 disbursements shall be audited, and the 

 balance-sheet and the surplus funds forwarded to the General Treasurer. 



20. All cheques shall be signed either by the General Treasurer and 

 the General Secretary, or by the Local Treasurer and the Secretary of the 

 colony in which the ensuing session is to be held. 



21. 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. 



22. 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. 



Money Ch-ants. 

 2.3. Committees and individuals to whom grants of money have been 

 intrusted 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 bo returned to the General 

 Treasurer. 



24. 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. 



25. In grants of money to Committees, or to individuals, the Associa- 

 tion does not contemplate the payment of personal expenses to the mem- 

 bers or to the individual. 



Sections of the Association. 



26. The following Sections shall be constituted : — 



A. — Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics. 

 B. — Chemistry. 

 C. — Geology and Mineralogy. 

 Z).-Biology. 

 E. — Geography. 



F. — Ethnology and Anthropology. 

 G. — Economic Science and Agriculture. 

 H. — Engineering and Architecture. 

 /. — Sanitary Science and Hygiene. 

 J. — Mental Science and Education. 



