LXIX. 



Reception Committee. 



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

 is to be held shall (recommended that the word " may " be sub- 

 stituted for "shall") form a Reception Committee to assist in 

 making arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the 

 visitors. This Committee shall have 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 

 Trustees 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 forwarded by him to the General Treasurer. 



15. The Local Committees shall not have power to expend 

 money without the authority of the Council, with the exception 

 of the Local Committee of the State in which the next ensuing 

 Session is to be held, which shall have power to expend money 

 collected or otherwise obtained in that State. Such disbursements 

 shall be audited, and the Balance-sheet and the surplus funds 

 forwarded to the General Treasurer. 



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

 and the General Secretary or by the Local Treasurer and the 

 Secretary of the State in which the ensuing Session is to be held. 



17. Whenever the balance in the hands of the Banker shall 

 exceed the sum requisite for the probable or current expenses of 

 the Association, the Council 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 before each meeting 

 of the Association by two Auditors appointed by the Council, and 

 the Balance-sheet shall be submitted to the Council at its first 

 meeting thereafter. 



Money Grants. 



19. Grants of money for the furtherance of specific objects of 

 scientific research may be made by the General Council on the recom- 

 mendation of the Recommendation Committee. 



Committees and individuals to whom grants of money have 

 been entrusted are required to present to the following meeting a 

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

 ment of the sums which have been expended. Any balance shall 

 be returned to the General Treasurer. 



