X. 
10. The Council shall meet only during the Annual Meeting of 
the Association, and during that period shall be called together at least 
twice. 
LOCAL COMMITTEES. 
11. In the intervals between the sessions of the Association its 
affairs shall be managed in the various colonies by Local Committees. 
The Local Committee of each colony shall consist of the members of 
Council resident in that colony. 
OFFICERS. 
12. The President, five Vice-Presidents (elected from amongst 
former Presidents), a General Treasurer, one or more General 
Secretaries and Local Secretaries shall be appointed annually by the 
Council. 
13. The Governor of the colony iu which the Session is held shall 
be ex officio a Vice-President. 
RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 
14. The Local Committee of the colony in which the Session is to 
be held shall form a Reception Committee to assist in making arrange- 
ments for the reception and entertainment of the visitors. This 
Committee shall have power to add to its number. 
OFFICE. 
15. The permanent office of the Association shall be in Sydney. 
MONEY AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
16. The financial year shall end on the 30th June. 
17. All sums received for life subscriptions and for entrance fees 
shall be invested in the names of three Trustees appointed by the 
Council, and the interest only arising from such investment shall be 
applied to the uses of the Association. 
18. The subscriptions shall be collected by the Local Secretary in 
each colony, and by him forwarded to the General Treasurer. 
19. The Local Committees shall not have power to expend money 
without the authority of the Council, with the exception of the Local 
Committee of the colony in which the next ensuing Session is to be 
held, which shall have power to expend money collected or otherwise 
obtained in that colony. Such disbursements shall be audited, and 
the balance-sheet and the surplus funds forwarded to the General 
Treasurer. 
20. All cheques shall be signed either by the General Treasurer 
and the General Secretary, or by the Local Treasurer and the Secretary 
of the colony in which the ensuing Session is to be held. 
21. Whenever the balance in the hands of the Banker shall 
exceed the sum requisite for the probable or current expenses of the 
Association, the Council shall invest the excess in the names of the 
Trustees. 
22. The whole of the accounts of the Association — i.e ., the local 
as well as the general accounts — shall be audited annually by two 
Auditors appointed by the Council ; and the balance-sheet shall be 
submitted to the Council at its first meeting thereafter. 
