OBJECTS AND RULES 



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THE ASSOCIATION. 



lU E C T S. 



The Association contomplatos iiu iiiterforonco with tho grouiul occupitil 

 by other institutions. Its oljjects aro : — To give a strongor impulse and 

 a more s^'stematic direction to scieiitilic inquiry, — to promote tho intir- 

 courso of tiioHO who cultivate Science in diffei cut parts of tho Britissh 

 Empire, with one another and with foreign philosoi)hers, — to obtain a 

 more general attention to tho objects of IScience, and a removal of any 

 disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress. 



li U L K S. 



Admission of Member)^ and A^wclates. 



All persons who have ati'jndcd the first Meeting shall bo entitled to 

 become Members of the Association, upon subscribing an ob jation to 

 conform to its Rules. 



The Fellows and Members of Chartered Literary and Philosophical 

 Societies publishing Transactions, in tho British Empire, shall be entitled, 

 in like manner, to become Members of the Association. 



The Officers and Members of the Councils, or Managing Committees, 

 of Philosophical Institutions shall be entitled, in like manner, to become 

 Members of the Association. 



All Members of a Philosophical Institution recommended by its Coun- 

 cil or Managing Committee shall be entitled, in like manner, to become 

 Members of the Association. 



Persons not belonging to such Institutions shall be elected by the 

 General Committee or Council, to become Life Members of the Associa- 

 tion, Annual Subscribers, or Associates for the year, subject to the 

 approval of a General Meeting. 



Compositions, Sidt script Ions, and Privileges. 



Life Members shall pay, on admission, the sum of Ten Pound.s. The}- 

 shall receive gratuitomhj the Reports of the Association which may be 

 published after the date of such payment. They are eligible to all the 

 offices of the Association. 



Annual Suusckiheus shall pay, on admission, the sum of Two Pounds, 

 and in each following year the sum of One Pound. They shall receive 

 gratuitously tho Reports of the Association for the year of their admission 

 and for the years in which they continue to pay unthuut intermission their 

 Annual Subscription. By omitting to pay this subscription in any par- 

 ticular year, Members of this class (Annual Subscribers) lone for that and 



