XXIV. 



XX VI a. The original copy of every paper communicated to 

 the Society, with the illustrative drawings, shall become the 

 property of the Society unless stipulation be made to the contrary;, 

 and authors shall not be at liberty, save by permission of the 

 Council, to publish the papers they have communicated, until 

 such papers or abstracts of them, have appeared in the Journal 

 or other publications of the Society. 



XXYIb. If any paper of importance is communicated during 

 the recess, the same may be ordered for publication by the Council,, 

 without being read to the Society. 



Management of Funds. 



XXVII. The funds of the Society shall be lodged at a Bank 

 named by the Council of Management. Claims against the 

 Society, when approved by the Council, shall be paid by the 

 Treasurer. 



All cheques shall be countersigned by a member of the Council. 



Money Grants.* 



XXVIII. Grants of money in aid of scientific purposes from 

 the funds of the Society — -to Sections or to members — shall expire 

 on the 1st of November in each year. Such grants, if not 

 expended, may be re- voted. 



XXIX. Such grants of money to Committees and individual 

 members shall not be used to defray any personal expenses which, 

 a member may incur. 



Audit of Accounts. 



XXX. Two Auditors shall be appointed annually, at an 

 Ordinary Meeting, to audit the Treasurer's Accounts. The 

 accounts as audited to be laid before the Annual Meeting in 

 May. 



* Applicants for money grants are required to supply the following information : — 



1. The nature of the research and the scientific results expected to follow therefrom. 



2. The amount asked for. 



3. Whether any previous grant has heen received from any source, and, if so, with. 



what results. 



4. Whether any portion of the grant is to be devoted to personal remuneration. 



5. What apparatus (if any) of permanent value will be required. 



