OBJECTS AND RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. xix 
SESSIONS. 
8. 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. 
CouNCIL. 
9. There shall be a Council consisting of the following :—(1) Present 
and former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Treasurers and Secretaries of the 
Association, and present and former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and 
Secretaries of the Sections. (2) Authors of Reports or of Papers published 
in extenso in the Annual Reports of the Association. 
[Amended as follows :—There shall be a Council consisting of the follow- 
ing :—{1) Present and former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Treasurers and 
Secretaries of the Association, and present and former Presidents, Vice- 
Presidents, and Secretaries of the Sections. (2) Members of the Association 
delegated to the Council by Scientific Societies. ] 
10. The Council shall meet only during the Session of the Association, 
and during that period shall be called together at least twice. 
LocaL COMMITTEES. 
11. In the intervals between the Sessions of the Association its affairs 
shall be managed in the various Colonies by Local Committees. The Local 
Committee of each Colony shall consist of the Members of Council resident 
in that Colony. 
OFFICERS. 
12. The President, five Vice-Presidents (elected from amongst former 
Presidents), a General Treasurer, one or more General Secretaries and Local 
Secretaries shall be appointed for each Session by the Council. 
13. The Governor of the Colony in which the Session is held shall be ex- 
officio a Vice-President. [This Rule is rescinded.] 
RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 
14. The Local Committee of the Colony in which the Session is to be held 
shall appoint a Reception 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 financia] 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 shall be forwarded by him 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. 
