OBJECTS AND RULES 
OF 
THE ASSOCIATION. 
OBJECTS. 
Te Assocration 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 intercourse 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 be-, 
come Members of the Association, upon subscribing an obligation to con- 
form to its Rules. 
The Fellows and Members of Chartered Literary and Philosophical So- 
cieties 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 Mem- 
bers of the Association. 
All Members of a Philosophical Institution recommended by its Council 
or Managing Committee shall be entitled, in like manner, to become Mem- 
bers of the Association. 
Persons not belonging to such Institutions shall be elected by the General 
Committee or Council, to become Life Members of the Association, Annual 
Subscribers, or Associates for the year, subject to the approval of a Generad 
Meeting. 
Compositions, Subscriptions, and Privileges. 
Lire Memeers shall pay, on admission, the sum of Ten Pounds. They 
shall receive yratwitously the Reports of the Association which may be pub- 
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