6. _Auditor._--A Chartered or Incorporated Accountant shall be employed to audit the accounts of the Party. II.--BRANCHES 1. _Branch._--An Association which indorses the objects and policy of the Party, and affiliates in the prescribed manner. 2. _Local Autonomy._--Subject to the general constitution of the Party, each Branch shall be perfectly autonomous. III.--FINANCES 1. Branches shall pay one penny per member per month to the N.A.C. 2. The N.A.C. may strike off the list of branches any branch which is more than 6 months in arrears with its payments. 3. The N.A.C. may receive donations or subscriptions to the funds of the Party. It shall not receive moneys which are contributed upon terms which interfere in any way with its freedom of action as to their disbursement. 4. The financial year of the Party shall begin on March 1st, and end on the last day of February next succeeding. IV.--ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1. The _Annual Conference_ is the ultimate authority of the Party, to which all final appeals shall be made. 2. _Date._--It shall be held at Easter. 3. _Special Conferences._--A Special Conference shall always be called prior to a General Election, for the purpose of determining the policy of the Party during the election. Other Special Conferences may be called by two-thirds of the whole of the members of the N.A.C, or by one-third of the branches of the Party. 4. _Conference Fee._--A Conference Fee per delegate (the amount to be fixed by the N.A.C.) shall be paid by all branches desiring representation, on or before the last day of February in each year. 5. No branch shall be represented which was not in existence on the December 31st immediately preceding the date of the Annual Conference. 6. Branches of the Party may send one delegate to Conference for each fifty members, or part thereof. Branches may appoint one delegate to represent their full voting strength. Should there be two or more branches which are unable separately to send delegates to Conference, they may jointly do so. 7. Delegates must have been members of the branch they represent from December 31st immediately preceding the date of the Conference. 8. Notices respecting resolutions shall be posted to branches not later than January 3d. Resolutions for the Agenda, and nominations for officers and N.A.C. shall be in the hands of the General Secretary eight weeks before the date of the Annual Conference, and issued to the branches a fortnight later. Amendments to resolutions on the Agenda and additional nominations may be sent to the Secretary four weeks before Conference, and they shall be arranged on the final Agenda, which shall be issued to branches two weeks before Conference. A balance sheet shall be issued to branches two weeks before the Conference, showing the receipts and expenditure of the Party for the year, also the number of branches affiliated and the amount each branch has paid in affiliation fees during the year.