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OBJECTS AND RULES OF THE ASSdlSJ^TBDN*^" 



Carried at the Cliristclmrch Meeting- in January, 1891 ; submitted and con- 

 Hriiied at tlio Hobart Meeting-, January, 18i)'2. 



OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



The objects of the Association are to give a stronger impulse and a more 

 systematic direction to scientific enquiry ; to promote tlie intercourse of 

 those who cultivate science in different parts of the Australasian 

 Colonies and in other countries; to obtain more general attention to 

 the ol)jects of science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public 

 kind which may impede its jjrogress. 



RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



Members and Associates. 



1. Members shall be elected by the Council ; the annual subscription 

 shall be £1, but after June 30th, 1895, ]\I(Mnbers will be recpiired to 

 pay an entrance fee of £l in addition. 



2. The annual subscription shall be £l, due on the 1st July in each 

 year. 



3. A member may at any time become a Life Member by one pay- 

 ment of £10, in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 



4. Members who fail to pay their subscription before the Annual 

 Session of the Association cease to be members, but may rejoin by 

 paying the entrance-fee in addition to the annual subscription. 



5. The Local Committee may admit any ])erson as an Associate for 

 the year on the payment of £1. 



6. Associates are eligible to serve on the Local Reception Committee, 

 but are not eligible to hold any other office, and they are not entitled to 

 receive gratuitously the publications of the Association. 



7. Ladies' tickets (admitting the holders to the General and Sectional 

 Meetings, as well as the Evening Entertainments) may be obtained by 

 full Members on payment of 5.v. for each ticket. 'Ladies may also 

 become either Members or Associates on the same terms as gentlemen. 



Sessions. 



8. The Association shall meet in Session periodically for one week or 

 longer. The place of meeting shall be appointed by the Council two 

 years in advance, and the arrangements for it shall be entrusted to the 

 Local Committee. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION, 



Council. 



9. There shall be a Council consisting of the following : — (1) Pi*esent 

 and former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Treasurers, ancl Secretaries of 

 the Association, and present and former PresidentSjYice-Presidents, and 



