FINANCE. xli 
June 30 in each year, he shall prepare and submit to the 
General Committee a balance-sheet of the Funds of the 
Association. 
2. The Accounts of the Association shall be audited, 
annually, by Auditors appointed by the General Committee. 
3. The General Treasurer shall make all ordinary pay- 
ments authorised by the General Committee or by the 
Council. 
4. The General Treasurer is empowered to draw on the 
account of the Association, and to invest on its behalf, 
part or all of the balance standing at any time to the credit 
of the Association in the books of the Bank of England, 
either in Exchequer Bills or in any other temporary invest- 
ment, and to change, sell, or otherwise deal with such tem- 
porary investment as may seem to him desirable. 
5. In the event of the General Treasurer being unable, 
from illness or any other cause, to exercise the functions of 
his office, the President of the Association for the time being 
and one of the General Secretaries shal] be jointly empowered 
to sign cheques on behalf of the Association. 
CuaptTer VIII. 
The Annual Meetings. 
1. Local Committees shall be formed to assist the General 
Officers in making arrangements for the Annual Meeting, and 
shall have power to add to their number. 
2. The General Committee shall appoint, on the recom- 
mendation of the Local Reception or Executive Committee for 
the ensuing Annual Meeting, a Local Treasurer or Treasurers 
and two or more Local Secretaries, who shall rank as officers 
of the Association, and shall consult with the General Officers 
and the Assistant Secretary as to the local arrangements 
necessary for the conduct of the meeting. The Local Treasurers 
shall be empowered to enrol Members and Associates, and to 
receive subscriptions. 
3. The Local Committees and Sub-Committees shall under- 
take the local organisation, and shall have power to act in the 
name of the Association in all matters pertaining to the local 
arrangements for the Annual Meeting other than the work of 
the Sections. 
Audit, 
Expenditure. 
Investments, 
Cheques. 
Local Offi- 
cers and 
Committees. 
Functions, 
