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take part in its deliberations, and to supply information or to give 

 explanations with regard to any questions that may be raised. The 

 Presidents of the two Boards may by a Joint Minute from time to 

 time add to or otherwise alter the constitution of the Conference; but 

 they will give two months' notice of any alteration entailing the 

 withdrawal or decrease of any of the representation given by this Minute. 



4. The Conference will be summoned from time to time as occasion 

 may require, by a Minute signed by ourselves, or by such Officers of 

 the Boards as we may respectively authorise to sign on our behalf. 

 A Preliminary Meeting of the Conference shall be summoned as soon 

 as possible to discuss general questions affecting the conduct of the 

 business of the Conference. Two months' notice shall be given to 

 each Member of the Conference of all the subsequent Meetings. There 

 shall not be more than two Meetings of the Conference in any 

 calendar year, provided that the Preliminary Meeting referred to above 

 shall not count for this purpose as a Meeting of the Conference. 



5, There shall be a Chairman of the Conference, who shall be 

 nominated by ourselves for a term of three years from amongst the 

 Members of the Conference. 



6. There shall be two joint Secretaries of the Conference, who shall 

 be Officers of the Board of Education and of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries respectively. The first Secretaries of the Conference 

 shall be Mr. H. A. Kennedy, of the Board of Education, and Mr. 

 H. L. French, of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, who shall 

 continue to hold this office until the appointment by us of their suc- 

 cessors. 



7. The primary duty of the Conference shall be to discuss and to 

 advise the two Boards upon all questions connected with Education 

 in Rural Districts which may, from time to time, be referred to them 

 by the two Boards. Notice of the questions thus referred for discus- 

 sion shall be forwarded to each Member of the Conference by the 

 Secretaries, and this notice shall, so far as possible, be given at the 

 same time as notice of the next Meeting of the Conference. 



8. Any, Official Member of the Conference, and any Representative 

 Member duly authorised so to do by the Association or Body which 

 he represents, may suggest questions for discussion in addition to 

 those questions formally referred to the Conference by the two Boards. 

 Any Member of the Conference desiring to propose a question for 

 discussion, in accordance with this paragraph, shall give notice of his 

 intention to the Secretaries of the Conference, and this notice shall be 

 given not less than four weeks before the Meeting of the Conference 

 at which it is proposed that the question should be discussed. The 

 Secretaries will at the earliest possible date inform the Members of the 

 Conference of any such proposals. 



9. A Report of the proceedings of each Meeting of the Conference, 

 signed by the Chairman, shall be forwarded in duplicate to ourselves, 

 as soon as possible after the Meeting. 



(Signed) Carrington, 



President of the Board of Agriculture 



and Fisheries. 

 (Signed) Walter Runciman, 

 President of the Board of Education. 



February 4th, 1910. 



