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J. HOPEJNSON-THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 
APPENDIX II. 
Rules oe the British Association with regard to Corresponding 
Societies and the Conference of Delegates. 
Corresponding Societies . 
1. Any Society is eligible to be placed on the List of Corresponding Societies 
of the Association which undertakes local scientific investigations, and publishes 
notices of the results. 
2. Applications to be placed on the List of Corresponding Societies must be 
addressed to the Secretary on or before the 1st of June preceding the annual 
meeting at which it is intended they should be considered, and must be accom¬ 
panied by specimens of the publications of the results of the local scientific investi¬ 
gations recently undertaken by the Society. 
3. A Corresponding Societies’ Committee shall be annually nominated by the 
Council and appointed by the General Committee for the purpose of considering 
these applications, as well as for that of keeping themselves generally informed 
of the annual work of the Corresponding Societies, and of superintending the 
preparation of a list of the papers published by them. This Committee shall 
make an annual report to the General Committee, and shall suggest such additions 
or changes in the List of Corresponding Societies as they may think desirable. 
4. Every Corresponding Society shall return each year, on or before the 1st of 
June, to the Secretary of the Association, a schedule, properly filled up, which 
will be issued by the Secretary of the Association, and which will contain a 
request for such particulars with regard to the Society as may be required for the 
information of the Corresponding Societies’ Committee. 
5. There shall be inserted in the Annual Eeport of the Association a list, in an 
abbreviated form, of the papers published by the Corresponding Societies during 
the past twelve months which contain the results of the local scientific work con¬ 
ducted by them ; those papers only being included which refer to subjects coming 
under the cognisance of one or other of the various Sections of the Association. 
6. A Corresponding Society shall have the right to nominate any one of its 
members, who is also a member of the Association, as its Delegate to the annual 
meeting of the Association, who shall be for the time a member of the General 
Committee. 
Conference of Delegates. 
1. The Delegates of the various Corresponding Societies shall constitute a 
Conference, of which the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, and Secretaries shall be 
annually nominated by the Council and appointed by the General Committee, 
and of which the members of the Corresponding Societies’ Committee shall be 
ex officio members. 
2. The Conference of Delegates shall be summoned by the Secretaries to hold 
one or more meetings during each annual meeting of the Association, and shall 
be empowered to invite any member or associate to take part in the meetings. 
3. The Secretaries of each Section shall be instructed to transmit to the Secre¬ 
taries of the Conference of Delegates copies of any recommendations forwarded 
by the Presidents of Sections to the Committee of Eecommendations bearing 
upon matters in which the co-operation of Corresponding Societies is desired; 
and the Secretaries of the Conference of Delegates shall invite the authors of 
these recommendations to attend the meetings of the Conference and give verbal 
explanations of their objects and of the precise way in which they would desire 
to have them carried into effect. 
4. It will be the duty of the Delegates to make themselves familiar with the 
purport of the several recommendations brought before the Conference, in order 
that they and others who take part in the meetings may be able to bring those 
recommendations clearly and favourably before their respective Societies. The 
Conference may also discuss propositions bearing on the promotion of more 
systematic observation and plans of operation, and of greater uniformity in the 
mode of publishing results. 
