XII. 
32. The Sectional Committees shall meet at 2 p.m. on the first day 
of the Session in the rooms of their respective sections, and prepare 
the programmes for their sections and forward the same to the 
General Secretaries for publication. 
33. On the second and following days the Sectional Committees 
shall meet at 10 a.m. 
31. No report, paper, or abstract shall be inserted in the annual 
volume unless it be handed to the Secretary before the conclusion of 
the Session. 
35. The Sectional Committees shall report to the Publication 
Committee what papers it is thought advisable to print. 
36. They shall also take into consideration any suggestions which 
may be offered for the advancement of Science. 
RESEARCH COMMITTEES 
37. In recommending the appointment of Research Committees 
all members of such Committees shall be named, and one of them who 
has notified his willingness to accept the office shall be appointed to 
act as Secretary. The number of members appointed to serve on a 
Research Committee should be as small as is consistent with its efficient 
working. Individuals may be recommended to make reports. 
38. All recommendations adopted by Sectional Committees shall 
be forwarded without delay to the Recommendation Committee ; unless- 
this is done the recommendation cannot bo considered by the CounciL 
39. The President of each Section shall take the chair and proceed 
with the business of the Section at 11 a.m. precisely. In the middle 
of the day an adjournment for luncheon shall be made ; and at 4 p.m.. 
the sections shall close. 
40. At the close of each meeting the Sectional Secretaries shall 
correct, on a copy of the official journal, the lists of papers which have 
been read, and add to them those appointed to be read on the next 
day, and send the same to the General Secretaries for printing. 
RECOMMENDATION COMMITTEE. 
41. The Council at its first meeting in each year shall appoint a 
Committee of Recommendations to receive and consider the reports of 
the Research Committees appointed at the last session, and the recom- 
mendations from Sectional Committees. The Recommendation Com- 
mittee shall also report to the Council, at a subsequent meeting, the 
measures which they would advise to be adopted for the advancement 
of Science. 
42. All proposals for the appointment of Research Committees 
and for grants of money must be seut in through the Recommendation 
Committee. 
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. 
43. The Council shall each year elect a Publication Committee,, 
which shall receive the recommendation of the Sectional Committees 
with regard to publication of papers, and decide finally upon the 
matter to be printed in the volume of Transactions. 
ALTERATION OF RULES. 
44. No alteration of the Rules shall be made unless due notice of 
all such additions or alterations shall have been given at one Annual 
Meeting and carried at a subsequent Annual Meeting of the Council. 
