RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. XXXVU 



Corresponding Societies} 



1. Any Society is eligible to be placed on the List of Corresponding 

 Societies of the Association which undertakes local scientific investiga- 

 tions, and publishes notices of the results. 



2. Application may be made by any Society to be placed on the 

 List of Corresponding Societies. Applications must be addressed to the 

 Assistant General Secretary on or before the 1st of June pi'eceding the 

 Annual Meeting at which it is intended they should be considered, and 

 must be accompanied by specimens of the publications of the results of 

 the local scientific investigations recentl}^ undertaken by the Society. 



3. A Corresponding Societies Committee shall be annually nomi- 

 nated by the Council and appointed by the General Committee for the 

 purpose of considering these applications, as well as for that of keeping 

 themselves generally informed of the annual work of the Corresponding 

 Societies, and of superintending the preparation of a list of the papers 

 published by them. This Committee shall make an annual report to the 

 •General Committee, and shall suggest such additions or changes in the 

 List of Corresponding Societies as they may think desirable. 



4. Every Corresponding Society shall return each year, on or before the 

 1st of June, to the Assistant General Secretary of the Association, ai 

 schedule, properly filled up, which will be issued by him, and which will 

 contain a request for such particulars with regard to the Society as may 

 be required tor the information of the Corresponding Societies Committee. 



5. There shall be inserted in the Annual Report of the Association 

 ■a list, in an abbreviated form, of the papers published by the Corre- 

 sponding Societies during the past twelve months which contain the 

 results of the local scientific work conducted by them ; those papers only 

 being included which refer to subjects coming under the cognisance of 

 one or other of the various Sections of the Association. 



6. A Corresponding Society shall have the right to nominate any 

 one of its members, who is also a Member of the Association, as its dele- 

 gate to the Annual Meeting of the Association, who shall be for the time 

 a Member of the General Committee. 



Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies. 



7. The Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies is em- 

 powered to send recommendations to the Committee of Recommen- 

 dations for their consideration, and for report to the General Committee, 



8. The Delegates of the various Corresponding Societies shall con- 

 stitute a Conference, of which the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, and Secre- 

 taries shall be annually nominated by the Council, and appointed by the 

 General Committee, and of which the members of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee shall be ex oflicio members. 



0. The Conference of Delegates shall be summoned by the Secretaries 

 to hold one or more meetings during each Annual Meeting of the Associa- 

 tion, and shall be empowered to invite any Member or Associate to take 

 part in the meetings. 



10. The Secretaries of each Section shall be instructed to transmit to 



' Passed by the General Committee, 1884. 



