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SECTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

22. The following Sections shall be constituted :

A.-Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics.
B.-Chemistry.

C.-Geology and Mineralogy.
D.-Biology.

E.-Geography.

F.-Ethnology and Anthropology.

G.--Economic Science and Agriculture.

H.-Engineering and Architecture.

I.-Sanitary Science and Hygiene.
J.-Mental Science and Education.

SECTIONAL COMMITTEES.

23. The President of each Section shall take the Chair, and proceed with the business of the Section not later than 11 a.m. In the middle of the day an adjournment for luncheon shall be made, and at 4 p.m. the Sections shall close.

24. On the second and following days the Sectional Committees shall meet at 10 a.m.

25. The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the several Sections shall be nominated by the Local Committee of the Colony in which the next ensuing Session of the Association is to be held, and shall have power to act until their election is confirmed by the Council. From the time of their nomination, which shall take place as soon as possible after the Session of the Association, they shall be regarded as an Organising Committee, for the purpose of obtaining information upon papers likely to be submitted to the Sections, and for the general furtherance of the work of the Sectional Committees. The Sectional Presidents of former years shall be ex-officio members of the Organising Committees.

26. The Sectional Committees shall have power to add to their number.

27. The Committees of the several Sections shall determine the acceptance of papers before the beginning of the Session. It is therefore desirable, in order to give an opportunity to the Committees of doing justice to the several communications, that each author should prepare an abstract of his paper, of a length suitable for insertion in the published Transactions, Reports, or Proceedings of the Association, and that he should send it, together with the original paper, to the Secretary of the Section before which it is to be read, so that it may reach him at least a fortnight before the Session.

28. Members may communicate to the Section the papers of non-members.

29. The author of any paper is at liberty to reserve his right of property therein.

30. No report, paper, or abstract shall be inserted in the volume of Transactions, Reports, or Proceedings unless it be handed to the Secretary before the conclusion of the Session.

31. The Sectional Committees shall report to the Publication Committee what papers it is thought advisable to print.

32. They shall also take into consideration any suggestions which may be offered for the advancement of science.

33. 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.

34. All recommendations adopted by Sectional Committees shall be forwarded without delay to the Recommendation Committee; unless this is done, the recommendation cannot be considered by the Council.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

35. At the close of each meeting of the Sections, 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.

RECOM M ENDATION COMMITTЕЕ.

36. The Council, at its first meeting in each Session, shall appoint a Committee of Recommendations, to receive and consider the reports of the Research Committees appointed at the last Session, and the recommendations from Sectional Committees. The Recommendation Committee shall also report to the Council, at a subsequent meeting, the measures which they would advise to be adopted for the advancement of science.

37. All proposals for the appointment of Research Committees, and for grants of money (see Rules 19-21), must be sent in through the Recommendation Committee.

PUBLICATION COMMITTEE.

38. The Council shall, each Session, 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, Reports, or Proceedings.

ALTERATION OF RULES.

39. No alteration of the rules shall be made unless due notice of all such additions or alterations shall have been given at one meeting, and carried at another meeting of the Council held during a subsequent Session of the Association.

40. Should an interim vacancy occur in any office appointed by the General Council, the vacancy shall be filled by a majority of votes recorded by correspondence by an Election Committee composed of the following officers :-The President, the PresidentElect, the Vice-Presidents, the General Secretaries, the Treasurer, and the Local Secretaries.