OBJECTS AND RULES 
OF 
THE ASSOCIATION. 
OBJECTS. 
The Association contemplates no interference with the ground occupied by 
other Institutions. Its objects are,—To give a stronger impulse and n more 
systematic direction to scientific inquiry,—to promote the intercourse of those 
who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one an- 
other, and with foreign philosophers, — to obtain a more general uttcntiori to 
the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind 
which impede its progress. 
RULES. 
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES. 
All Persons who have attended the first Meeting shall be entitled to be¬ 
come Members of the Association, upon subscribing an obligation to con¬ 
form to its Rules. 
The Fellows and Members of Chartered Literary and Philosophical So¬ 
cieties publishing Transactions, in the British Empire, shall be entitled, in 
like manner, to become Members of the Association. 
^ ie Officers and Members of the Councils, or Managing Committee*, of 
Philosophical Institutions, shall be entitled, in like manner, to become Mem¬ 
bers of the Association. 
All Members of a Philosophical Institution recommended by its Council 
or Managing Committee, shall be entitled, in like manner, to become Mem¬ 
bers of the Association. 
Persons not belonging to such Institutions shall be elected by the General 
Committee or Council, to become Life Memhers of the Association, Annual 
Subscribers, or Associates for the year, subject to the approval of n General 
Meeting. 
COMPOSITIONS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, AND PRIVILEGES. 
Life Members shall pay, on admission, the sum of Ten Pounds. They 
pi I ret ‘ e * ve gratuitously the Reports of the Association which may he pub- 
, alter the date of such payment. They are eligible to all the offices 
of the Association. 
Askhat. Subscribers shall pay, on admission, the sum of Two Pounds. 
■ >ud '!' eac1, following year the sum of One Pound. They shall receive 
gratuitously the Reports of the Association for the year of their admission 
and lor the years in which they continue to pay without intermission their 
nnual buhseription. By omitting to pay tin's Subscription in any particu¬ 
lar year, Members of this du.ss (Annual Subscribers) lose for that and all 
future years the privilege of receiving the volumes of the Association gratis : 
ot they may resume their Membership and other privileges at any sub- 
sequent i leeting of the Association, paying on each such occasion the sum of 
n * 1 ound. They are eligible to all the Offices of the Association. 
.... SS0CI A T fcs for the year shall pay on admission the sum of One Pound. 
ley s rail not receive gratuitously the Reports of the Association, nor In¬ 
eligible to serve on Committees, or to hold any office. 
