xxxiv REPORT — 1897. 



one of them appointed to act as Chairman, who shall have notified per- 

 sonally or in writing his willingness to accept the office, the Ohairman to have 

 the responsibility of receiving and disbursing the grant (if any has been made) 

 and securing the presentation of the Report in due time ; and, further, it is 

 expedient that one of the members should he appointed to act as Secretary, for 

 ensuring attention to business. 



That it is desirable that the number of Members appointed to serve on a 

 Committee should be as small as is consistent with its efficient luorJcing. 



That a tabular list of the Committees appointed on the recommendation 

 of each Section should be sent each year to the Recorders of the several Sec- 

 tions, to enable them to fill in the statement whether the several Committees 

 appointed on the recommendation of their respective Sections had presented 

 their reports. 



That on the proposal to recommend the appointment of a Committee for a 

 special object of science having been adopted by the Sectional Committee, the 

 number of Members of such Committee be then fixed, but that the Members to 

 serve on such Committee be nominated and selected by the Sectional Com- 

 mittee at a subsequent meeting.^ 



Committees have power to add to their number persons whose assist- 

 ance they may require. 



The recommendations adopted by the Committees of Sections are to 

 be registered in the Forms furnished to their Secretaries, and one Copy of 

 each is to be forwarded, without delay, to the Assistant General Secretary 

 for presentation to the Committee of Recommendations. Unless this be 

 done, the Recommendations cannot receive the sanction of the Association. 



N.B. — Recommendations which may originate in any one of the Sections 

 must iirst be sanctioned by the Committee of that Section before they can 

 be referred to the Committee of Recommendations or confirmed by the 

 General Committee. 



Notices regarding Grants of Money. "^ 



1. No Committee shall raise money in the name or under the auspices of 



the British Association without special permission from the General 

 Committee to do so ; and no money so raised shall be expended 

 except in accordance with the Rules of the Association. 



2. In grants of money to Committees the Association does not contem- 



plate the payment of personal expenses to the Members. 



3. Committees to which grants of money are entrusted by the Association 



for the prosecution of particular Researches in Science are ap- 

 pointed for one year only. If the work of a Committee cannot be 

 completed in the year, and if the Sectional Committee desire the 

 work to be continued, application for the reappointment of the 

 Committee for another year must be made at the next meeting of 

 the Association. 

 4. Each Committee is required to present a Report, whether final or in- 

 terim, at the next meeting of the Association after their appoint- 

 ment or reappointment. Interim Reports must be submitted in 

 writing, though not necessarily for publication. 



• Revised by the General Committee, Bath, 1888. 



' Revised by the General Committee at Ipswich, 1895. 



