PEOCEEDINGS. 



Sectional Committees. 



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

 Sections shall be nominated by the Local Committee of the colony in 

 which the next ensuing session of the Association is to be held, and 

 shall have power to act until their election is confirmed by the Council. 

 From the time of their nomination, which shall take place as soon as 

 possible after the session of the Association, they shall be regarded as 

 an Organizing Committee for the purpose of obtaining information upon 

 papers likely to be submitted to the Sections, and for the general 

 furtherance of the work of the Sectional Committees. The Sectional 

 Presidents of former years shall be ex officio members of the Organizing 

 Committees. 



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

 number. 



29. Tlie Committees for the several Sections shall determine the ac- 

 ceptance of papers before the beginning of the session. It is therefore 

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

 justice to the several communications, that each author should jpi-'epare 

 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 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. 



31. The author of any paper is at liberty to reserve his right of pro- 

 perty therein. 



32. The Sectional Committees shall meet 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. 



31. 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 Com- 

 mittee what papers it is thought advisable to print. 



36. They shall also take into consideration any suggestions which 

 may be offered for the advancement of science. 



Besearch 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 consistent with its efficient working. 

 Individuals may be recommended to make reports. 



38. All recommendations adopted by Sectional Committees shall be 

 forwarded without delay to the Recommendation Committee ; unless this 

 is done the recommendation cannot be considered by the Council. 



39. The President of each Section shall take the chair, and proceed 

 with the business of the Section at 11 a.m. In the middle of the day an 

 adjournment for luncheon shall be made ; and at 4 p.m. the Sections 

 shall close. 



40. At the close of each meeting the Sectional Secretaries shall 

 correct, on a copy of the official journal, the lists of papers which have 

 been read, and add to them those appointed to bo read on the next day, 

 and send the same to the General Secretaries for printing. 



