Incorporated Societies. xvii 



Extracts from the Rules of the Auckland Institute. 



1. Any person desiring to become a member of the Institute shall be 

 proposed in writing by two members, and shall be balloted for at the 

 next meeting of the Council. 



4. New members on election to pay one guinea entrance-fee, in 

 addition to the annual subscription of one guinea, the annual subscrip- 

 tion being payable in advance on the first day of April for the then cur- 

 rent year. 



5. Members may at any time become life-members by one payment 

 of ten pounds ten shillings in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 



10. Annual general meeting of the society on the third Monday of 

 February in each year. Ordinary business meetings are called by the 

 Council from time to time. 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



Office-bearers for 1900. — Preside?it — Captain F. W. 

 Hutcon ; Vice-jjresideuts — L. Cockayne, J. B. Mayne ; Hoii. 

 Secretary — 'Proiessoi- A. Dendy ; Hon. Treasurer — Captain 

 F. W. Button; Co?mci7 — Dr. Symes, H. E. Webb, R. M. 

 Laing, Professor Wall, Professor Scott, J. S. S. Cooper ; Hon. 

 Auditor — George Way. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. 



8. Every member of the Institute other than honorary shall pay one 

 guinea annually as a subscription to the funds of the Institute. The 

 subscription shall be due on the 1st January in each year. 



9. Members may compound for all annual subscriptions of the current 

 and future years by paying ten guineas. 



15. The ordinary meetings of the Institute shall be held monthly 

 during the months from May to November, both inclusive, on such day 

 as the Council may determine. 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



Office-bearers for 1900. — President — E. Melland ; Vice- 

 presidents — F. E. Chapman, Alex. Bathgate ; Council — Dr. 

 Hocken, Dr. Barnett, G. M. Thomson, A. Hamilton, F. Bar- 

 ningham, C. W. Chamberlain, F. B. Stephens; Hon. Secre- 

 tary — Professor W\ B. Benham ; Hon. Treasurer — J. Crosbie 

 Smith ; Auditor — D. Brent. 



Extracts from the Constitution and Rules of the Otago Institute. 



2. Any person desiring to join the society may be elected by ballot, 

 on being proposed in writing at any meeting of the Council or society by 

 two members, and on the payment of the annual subscription of one 

 guinea for the year then current. 



5. Members may at any time become life-members by one payment 

 of ten pounds and ten shillings in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 



8. An annual general meeting of the members of the society shall be 

 held in January in each year, at which meeting not less than ten mem- 



