XXIX 



OBJECTS AND RULES OF TEE 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Embodying alterations to Rules proposed at the Sydney, 1911 

 meeting and confirmed at the Melbourne meeting, 1913. 



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 

 Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, 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 and Associates. 



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 pay- 

 ment of £10, in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 



4. Ladies' (Associates') 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. 



Students attending lectures at any Australasian Uuiversitv may 

 become Associates on payment of 10s. 



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. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE 



ASSOCIATION. 



Council. 



6. There shall be a Council cons'sting of the following : — (1) Present 

 and former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Treasurers, and Secretaries of 

 the Assoc'aton, and present and former Presidents and Secretaries of 



