RULES. OF THE ASSOCIATION. XXXi 
7. The Chairman of a Committee must, before the meeting of the Asso- 
ciation next following after the appointment or reappointment of 
the Committee, forward to the Treasurer a statement of the sums 
which have been received and expended, with vouchers. The 
Chairman must also return the balance of the grant, if any, which 
has been received and not spent ; or, if further expenditure is con- 
templated, he must apply for leave to retain the balance. 
8. When application is made for a Committee to be reappointed, and to 
retain the balance of a former grant which is in the hands of the 
Chairman, and also to receive a further grant, the amount of such 
further grant is to be estimated as being additional to, and not 
inclusive of, the balance proposed to be retained. 
9, The Committees of the Sections shall ascertain whether a Report bas 
been made by every Committee appointed at the previous Meeting 
to whom a sum of money has been granted, and shall report to the 
Committee of Recommendations in every case where no such 
report has been received, 
10. Members and Committees who may be entrusted with sums of money 
for collecting specimens of any description are requested to re- 
serve the specimens so obtained to be dealt with by authority of 
the Council. 
11. Committees are requested to furnish a list of any apparatus which 
may have been purchased ont of a grant made by the Association, 
and to state whether the apparatus will be useful for continuing 
the research in question, or for other scientific purposes. 
12. All Instruments, Papers, Drawings, and other property of the Asso- 
ciation are to be deposited at the Office of the Association when 
not employed in scientific inquiries for the Association. 
Business of the Sections. 
The Meeting Room of each Section is opened for conversation shortly 
before the meeting commences. The Section Rooms and approaches thereto 
can be used for no notices, exhibitions, or other purposes than those of the 
Association. 
At the time appointed the Chair will be taken,’ and the reading of 
communications, in the order previously made public, commenced. 
Sections may, by the desire of the Committees, divide themselves into 
Departments, as often as the number and nature of the communicatiors 
delivered in may render such divisions desirable. 
A Report presented to the Association, and read to the Section which 
originally called for it, may be read in another Section, at the request of 
the Officers of that Section, with the consent of the Author. 
Duties of the Doorkeepers. 
1. To remain constantly at the Doors of the Rooms to which they are 
appointed during the whole time for which they are engaged. 
! The Sectional Committee is empowered to arrange the hours of meeting of 
the Section and of the Sectional Committee, except for Saturday. 
