XL. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary asked permission to 

 re-number some of the sections in Rule 22 ." G 2 Agriculture " was 

 deleted from the list of sections and reinserted as " K — Agriculture " 

 at the end. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary : The Committee re- 

 commends that Rule 36 shall be preceded by the following words : 

 " It shall be in the power of the Council to appoint research com- 

 mittees on the recommendation of the Recommendation Committee." 

 The alteration makes the operation clearer. I move that the 

 recommendation be adopted. 



Professor Pollock seconded the motion. 



Agreed to. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary moved as a consequen- 

 tial amendment that Rule 37 be struck out. 

 The motion was agreed to. 



Publication Committee. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary moved : " That the 

 Publication Committee shall consist of the secretaries of sections 

 and the General Treasurer and Permanent Honorary Secretary." 



Motion agreed to. 



Arrangements re Date of Meeting. 



Professor Kirk : I propose that it be a recommendation to the 

 Local Council of Victoria that the date of the next meeting should, 

 if possible, be chosen in such a way as to economise the time of 

 members coming from a distance. I do not wish to be always 

 quoting New Zealand, but that is the one place that I can quote 

 in point on this occasion. The New Zealand members must come 

 direct by boat, and to arrive in time on tliis occasion we had to come 

 to Sydney six da^'s before the meeting. In addition to that we 

 must spend four days coming and four days going back. Most of 

 us have no more time to stay, and we felt we should like to join 

 in the excursions that are to take place next week. Some effort 

 should be made to avoid this if possible. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary : I suggest that that 

 may be got over by the New Zealand members writing to the 

 Victorian Local Council as the time approaches to fix a suitable date. 



Professor Kirk : The objection to that would be that New 

 Zealand is not the only place from wliich delegates come, and New 

 Zealand might ask for dates that would not suit Queensland, and 

 so on. The Victorian Committee would be in a position of deciding 

 what would suit. 



The President : I suggest that having called attention to 

 this matter, and it being recorded on the minutes that you have 

 done so, your object will be quite achieved, because I am quite sure 

 the Victorian Local Council will do all they can to meet your views. 



