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the rules it might be desirable to remit the proposed alterations to 

 the sub-committee. The sub-committee has been instructed to 

 report before the end of this session so that the wish of the Brisbane 

 Council will be still borne in mind. 



Mr. Shirley : I should like to point out that if we let those 

 rules stand till the sub-committee meets we shall put this matter 

 ol^ for two years. I would suggest that the Council should either 

 accept or reject those, and then the sub-committee will have power 

 to deal with them, and revise them if they think fit. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary : I do not think there 

 is any objection to Mr. Shirley's suggestion. It would not be legal 

 to allow the sub-committee to alter them. 



The original motion was altered to read as follows : — " That 

 this committee consisting of Mr. Knibbs, Mr. Shirley, Dr. Hall, Mr. 

 Guthrie and the Permanent Honorary Secretary be appointed for 

 the purpose of reporting at a subsequent meeting of this Council 

 ■during the present session on the question of the alteration of the 

 rules," and was agreed to. 



Professor Pollock moved that the following alteration to 

 Rule 9. " The President, not more than five Vice-presidents, the 

 General Treasurer and the Permanent General Secretary, shall 

 be appointed by the Council," be postponed to be considered by 

 the sub-committee. 



Dr. Hall seconded the motion. 



Mr. Knibbs moved that the alteration be confirmed before 

 being passed on to the sub-committee as a recommendation to them. 



Mr. Shirley seconded the amendment. 



The amendment, on being put to the meeting, w-as lost, and the 

 motion as originally moved, carried. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary read an extract from 

 circular No. 4, p. 4, Svdney meeting, from pp. 18 to 20, vol. XH., 

 of the Brisbane meeting. 



He said it appeared to him that to get a discussion on such 

 subjects as those mentioned, all that was necessary was to get the 

 discussers together, appoint a chairman, and proceed. He did not 

 think that the way in which the discussion should be carried out, or 

 the details, were matters for the General Council. (Hear, hear.) 

 He wanted the Council to give him instructions as to what its 

 wishes were. It had already been decided at the Adelaide meeting, 

 and confirmed at the Brisbane meeting, in accordance with the 

 rules, that two subjects were to be discussed. If there had been no 

 other resolution, he would have taken steps to have communicated 

 with the Secretaries of Sections and other officers, and would have 

 secured a discussion on the few subjects by men who would have 

 had two years' notice to consider their remarks. The effect of Mr. 

 Lucas's proposal had been that he had not been able to warn them 

 two years ahead. Therefore he wanted directions as to what he 



