OBJECTS AND RULES 



OF 



THE ASSOCIATION. 



OBJECTS. 



The 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 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 Empii-e, shall be entitled, in 

 like manner, to become Members of the Association. 



The Officers and Members of the Councils, or Managing Committees, ot 

 Philosophical Institutions shall be entitled, in like manner, to become Mem- 

 bers of the Association. 



AU 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 General 

 Meeting. 



Compositions, Subscriptions, and Privileges. 



Life Members shall pay, on admission, the sum of Ten Pounds. They 

 shall receive gratuitously the Reports of the Association which may be pub- 

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