XXXVI. 



Reception Committee. 



10. The Local Committee of the State in which the Session is to 

 be held shall form a Reception Committee tx> assist in making arrange- 

 ments for the reception and entertainment of the visitors. This 

 Committee shall liave power to add to its number. 



Office. 



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



Money Affairs of the Association. 



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



13. All sums received for life subscriptions and from the sales 

 of back numbers of Reports shall be invested in the names of three 

 Ti'ustees appointed by the Council, and the interest arising from such 

 investment shall be reserved for grants in aid of scientific research. 



14. The subscriptions shall be collected by the Local Secretary 

 in each State, and be forwarded by him to the General Treasurer. 



15. The Local Connnittees shall not have power to expend money 

 witliout the authority of the Council, with the exception of the Local 

 Committee of the State in whicli the next ensuing Session is to be 

 held, which shall have power to expend money collected or othenvise 

 obtained in that State. Such disbursements shall be audited, and the 

 balance-sheet and tlie surplus funds be foi-warded to the General 

 Treasurer. 



16. All cheques shall be signed either by tlie General Treasurer 

 and the General Secretary, or by the Local Treasurer and the Secre- 

 tary of the State in which the ensuing session is to be held. 



17. Whenever the balance in tlie hands of the banker shall 

 exceed the sum requisite for tlie probable or current expenses of the 

 Association, the Covmcil shall invest the excess in the names of the 

 Trustees. 



18. 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. 



Monet Grants. 



19. Committees and individuals to whom grants of money have 

 l>een entrusted are required to present to the following meeting a 

 report of the progress which has been made, together wnth a state- 

 ment of the sums which have been expende<:l. Any balance shall be 

 returned to the General Treasurer. 



20. In eacli 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. 



21. In grants of moneys to Committees or to individuals, the 

 Association does not contemplate the payment of personal expenses to 

 the members or to the individual. 



