Sections of the Association. 



22. The following Sections shall be constituted : — 

 A. — Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics. 



B. — Chemistry. 



C. — Geology and Mineralog}^ 



D. — Biology. 



I^. — Geography. 



F. — Ethnology and Anthroj^ology. 



G. — Economic Science and Agriculture. 



H. — Engineerino- and Architecture. 



/. — Sanitary Science and Hygiene. 



./. — Mental Science aiid Education. 



Sectional Committees. 



23. The President of each Section shall take the chair and pro- 

 ceed with the business of the Section not later than 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. 



24. On the second and following days the Sectional Committees 

 shall meet at 10 a.m. 



25. The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the 

 several Sections shall be nominated by the Local Committee of the 

 State 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 Organising 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 

 offtcio Members of the Organising Committees. 



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

 number. 



27. The Committees for the several Sections shall determine the 

 acceptance 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 prepare an abstract of his paper, of a length suitable for 

 insertion in the published Transactions, Reports, or Proceedings 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. 



28. Members may communicate to the Sections the papers of non- 

 members. 



29. The author of any paper is at libeii;y to reserve his right 

 of propei'ty therein. 



