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sections. L jX. i n order that the Members of the Institute 



prosecuting particular departments of science may have 

 opportunities of meeting and working together with 

 fewer formal restraints than are necessary at the ordinary 

 meetings of the Institute, Sections are established. 



be^ofs^uonT" ^X. Sections are established for the following de- 



partments, viz. — 



Section A. Physical, Astronomical and Mechanical 

 Science, including Engineering. 



Section B. Chemistry, Mineralogy, andMetallurgy. 



Section C. Natural History and Geology. 



Section D. Medical and Microscopical Science, in- 

 cluding Physiology and Pathology. 



Section E. Geography and Ethnology. 



Section F. Social Science and Statistics. 



Section G. Literature and the Fine Arts, including 

 Architecture. 



Meetings of 

 sections. 



Members of 

 sections. 



LXI. The meetings of the Sections shall be for 

 scientific objects only. 



LLII. There shall be no membership of the Sec- 

 tions as distinguished from the membership of the 

 Institute. 



Officers of 

 sections. 



LXIII. There shall be for each Section a Chairman 

 to preside at the meetings and Secretary to keep minutes 

 of the proceedings, who shall jointly prepare and forward 

 to the Secretary of the Institute, prior to the 1st of 

 November in each year, a Report of the Proceedings of 

 the Section during that year, and such report shall be 

 submitted to the Council. 



Mode of appoint- 

 ment of officers 

 of sections. 



LXIV. The Chairman and the Secretary of each 

 Section shall be appointed at the first meeting of the 

 Council after its election in March, in the first instance 

 from Members of the Institute who shall have signified 

 to the Secretary their willingness to undertake these 

 offices, and subsequently from such as are recommended 

 by the Section as fit and willing. 



