OBJECTS AND RULES 
OF 
THE ASSOCIATION. 
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OBJECTS. 
Tue Association contemplates no interference with the ground occupied 
by other institutions. Its objects are:—To give a stronger impulse and 
a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry,—to promote the inter- 
course of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British 
Empire, with one another and with foreign philosophers,—to obtain a 
more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any 
disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress. 
RULES. 
Admission of Members and Associates. 
All persons who have attended the first Meeting shall be entitled to 
become Members of the Association, upon subscribing an obligation to 
conform to its Rules. ‘ 
The Fellows and Members of Chartered Literary and Philosophical 
Societies publishing Transactions, in the 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, Subscriptions, and Privileges. 
Lire Mrmsbers shall pay, on admission, the sum of Ten Pounds. They 
shall receive gratuitously 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 SusBscriBers shall pay, on admission, the sum of Two Pounds, 
and in each following year the sum of One Pound. They shall receive 
_ gratuitously the Reports of the Association for the year of their admission 
and for the years in which they continue to pay without intermission their 
Annual Subscription. By omitting to pay this subscription in any par- 
ticular year, Members of this class (Annual Subscribers) lose for that and 
