xviii Neil) Zealand Institute. 



LIST OF INCOEPOEATBD SOCIETIES. 



NAME OF SOCIETY. DATE OF INCOEPOBATION. 



Wellington Philosophical Society - 10th June, 1868. 



Auckland Institute . . . . lOth June, 1868. 



Philosophical Institute of Canterbuby 22nd Oct., 1868. 



Otago Institute 18th Oct., 1869. 



Westland Institute .... 21st Dec, 1874. 



Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute - 31st Mar., 1875. 



Southland Institute .... 21st July, 1880. 



Nelson Philosophical Society - - 20th Dec, 1883. 



OFFICEES OF INCOEPORATED SOCIETIES, AND 

 EXTRACTS FEOM THE RULES. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Opfice-beaeers for 1889. — President — A. de B. Brandon, 

 B.A. ; Vice-presidents— G. Hulke, F.C.S., A. McKay, F.G.S. ; 

 Coimcil—R. H. Govett, Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G., M.D., 

 F.E.S., W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., E. Tregear, F.E.G.S., 

 H. P. Higginson, M.Inst. C.E., Hon. E. Pharazyn, M.L.C., 

 F.E.G.S., W. M. Maskell, F.E.M.S. ; Secretary and Treasurer 

 — E. B. Gore ; Auditor — T. King. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Wellington Philoso]phical Society. 



5. Every member shall contribute annually to the funds of the Society 

 the sum of one guinea. 



6. The annual contribution shall be due on the first day of January in 

 each year. 



7. The sum of ten pounds may be paid at any time as a composition 

 for life of the ordinary annual payment. 



14. The time and place of the general meetings of members of the 

 Society shall be fixed by the Council and duly announced by the Secretary. 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Election of Officers for 1889. — President — Josiah 

 Martin, F.G.S. ; Vice-presidents— '&>. Percy Smith, F.E.G.S., 

 Professor A. P. Thomas, F.L.S. ; Council — Professor F. D. 

 Brown, C. Cooper, Mr. Justice Gilhes, W. Fidler, E. A. 

 Mackechnie, T. Peacock, M.H.E., J. A. Pond, Eev. A. G. 

 Purchas, M.E.C.S.E., J. B. Eussell, Eev. W. Tebbs, Jas. 

 Stewart ; Secretary and Treasurer — T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. , 

 F.Z.S. : Auditor— Z. Eeid. 



