xlviii RULES OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



each Annual Meeting of the Association, and 

 shall be empowered to invite any Member or 

 Associate to take part in the discussions. 



(ii) The Conference of Delegates shall be empowered to 

 submit Resolutions to the Committee of Recom- 

 mendations for their consideration, and for report 

 to the General Committee, 

 (iii) The Sectional Committees of the Association shall be 

 requested to transmit to the Secretaries of the 

 Conference of Delegates copies of any recommenda- 

 tions to be made to the General Committee bearing 

 on matters in which the co-operation of Corre- 

 sponding Societies is desirable. It shall be com- 

 peteiit for the Secretaries of the Conference of 

 Delecates to invite the authors of such recom- 

 niendations to attend the meetings of the Conference 

 in order to give verbal explanations of their objects 

 and of the precise way in which they desire these 

 to be carried into effect, 

 (iv) It shall be the duty of the Delegates to make 

 themselves familiar with the purport of the several 

 recommendations brought before tlie Conference, in 

 order that they may be able to bring such recom- 

 mendations adequately before their respective 

 Societies. 



(v) The Conference may also discuss propositions 

 regarding the promotion of more systematic ob- 

 servation and plans of operation, and of greater 

 uniformity in the method of publishing results. 



Chapter XII. 



Amendments and New Rides. 



Alterations, Any alterations in the Rules, and any amendments 



or new Rules that may be proposed by the Council or 

 individual Members, shall be notified to the General Com- 

 mittee on the tirst day of the Annual Meeting, and referred 

 forthwith to the Committee of Recommendations ; and, on the 

 report of that Committee, shall be submitted for approval at 

 the last meeting of the General Committee. 



