CHARTER OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. vii 



buildings, but provided as regards any lands, tenements and 

 hereditaments within Great Britain or Northern Ireland that 

 the whole thereof shall not exceed the annual value of ten 

 thousand pounds (to be determined according to the value 

 thereof at the time when the same are respectively acquired) 

 and so also that all lands, tenements or hereditaments devised 

 or bequeathed to or for the benefit of the Association by any 

 will or codicil or made over to or for the benefit of the 

 Association by way of gift or any means may be accepted 

 and held by the Association but only upon the terms that 

 if and so far as the holding of the same premises may cause 

 the Association to exceed such limit as aforesaid such premises 

 shall be sold within one year from the date when the 

 Association shall have become entitled thereto in possession. 

 And We do hereby also for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, 

 give and grant Our licence to any person or persons and 

 any body politic or corporate, to assure in perpetuity, or 

 to demise to or for the benefit of the Association any lands, 

 tenements, or hereditaments whatsoever, so as the same do 

 not exceed at any one time the annual value aforesaid. 



4. The objects and purposes of the Association shall be 

 as hereinbefore recited as those of the Existing Association 

 and for that purpose the Association shall have power — 



(i) To hold meetings of the members of the Association 

 or public meetings at such times and in such places in 

 Our United Kingdom or in Our Dominions, Colonies or 

 Dependencies or elsewhere as the General Committee of the 

 Association shall determine for the reading, hearing and 

 discussing of scientific lectures or communications, and to 

 hold or promote exhibitions of instruments, specimens and 

 things and to promote intercourse between persons con- 

 cerned or connected with Science. 



(ii) To compile, print, publish, lend, sell or distribute 

 reports and proceedings of the Association. 



(iii) To enter into any arrangements with any Depart- 

 ment of Our Imperial Government or of the Government 

 of any part of Our Dominions or with any local or Muni- 

 cipal Authority or any Corporation, Company, Society, 



