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FIRST MEETING. 

 January 9th, 1911. 



The first meeting of the General Council of the Australasian Assoc- 

 iation for the Advancement of Science was held at the Sydney 

 •University on Monday, January 9th, 1911, at 11 a.m. Professor 

 Orme Masson presided, and there was a large attendance. 



The minutes of the Brisbane meetings of the Council in 1909 

 were taken as read and confirmed. 



Alterations and Additions to Rules. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary (Mr. J. H. Maiden) 

 read the proposed alteration to Rule 10 — Reception Committee — 

 " That the word ' may ' be substituted for ' shall ' in the sentence 

 ' shall form a Reception Committee.' " 



On the motion of Dr. Woolnough, seconded by Mr. Knibbs, 

 the suggested alteration was approved. 



Professor Pollock said that at the local Council meetings 

 considerable discussion had taken place in connection with the 

 rules, and it was felt that they were in need of amendment. He 

 proposed that the following form a sub-committee to consider the 

 matter and report on the question to a subsequent meeting : — Mr. 

 Knibbs, Mr. Shirley, Dr. Hall, Mr. Guthrie and the Permanent 

 Honorary Secretary. 



Dr. Woolnough seconded the motion. He said it was thought 

 by the Local Council that instead of dealing with the alterations at 

 Council meetings seriatim, a small sub-committee should be ap- 

 pointed, and report to a further meeting of the General Council. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary : Before the Council 

 comes to a decision on the subject, I would like to point out that at 

 the Brisbane meeting a rule was proposed, and if there is no objec- 

 tion to it to-day it will have the force of law. The new rule is : 

 " That each Local Council shall be summoned by the Local Secre- 

 tary to meet at least once annually, either in the month of July or 

 September, to transact any business that may be brought before 

 it." (Read the rule.) There was also an amendment carried to 

 Rule 9 as follows (reading from " The President "). It is quite 

 within the power of the General Council to approve of those altera- 

 tions straight away, but I would throw it out as a suggestion that 

 as you have appointed a sub-committee to go into the matter of 



