Begulations . 505 



Geneeal Eegulations. 



11. Subject to the New Zealand Institute Act, 1908, and to the 

 foregoing rules, all societies incorporated with the Institute shall be 

 entitled to retain or alter their own form of constitution and the by-laws 

 for their own management, and shall conduct their own affairs. 



12. Upon application signed by the President and countersigned by the 

 Secretary of any society, accompanied by the certificate required under 

 Eegulation No. 1, a certificate of incorporation will be granted under 

 the seal of the Institute, and will remain in force as long as the fore- 

 going regulations of the Institute are complied with by the society. 



13. In voting on any subject the President is to have a deliberate as 

 well as a casting vote.' 



14. The President may at any time call ^i meeting of the Board, and 

 shall do so on the requisition in writing of four Governors. 



15. Twenty-one days' notice of every meeting of the Board shall be 

 given by posting the same to each Governor at an address furnished by 

 him to the Secretary. 



16. In case of a vacancy in the office of President, a meeting of 

 the Board shall be called by the Secretary within twenty-one days to 

 elect a new President. 



17. The Governors for the time being resident or present in Wellington 

 shall be a Standing Committee for the purpose of transacting urgent 

 business and assisting the officers. 



18. The Standing Committee may appoint persons to perform the 

 duties of any other office which may become vacant. Any such appoint- 

 ment shall hold good until the next meeting of the Board, when the 

 vacancy shall be filled. 



19. The foregoing regulations may be altered or amended at any 

 annual meeting, provided that notice be given in writing to the Secretary 

 of the Institute not later than the 30th November. 



The following additional regulations, and amendment to regulations, 

 were adopted at a general meeting of the Board of Governors of the New 

 Zealand Institute, held at Wellington on the 30th January, 1918, and at 

 Christchurch on the 3rd February, 1919. (See Netv Zealand Gazette, 

 No. 110, 4th September, 1919.) 



Eegulations governing the Fellowship of the Institute. 



20. The Fellowship of the New Zealand Institute shall be an honorary 

 distinction for the life of the holder. 



21. The Original Fellows shall be twenty in number, and shall include 

 the past Presidents and the Hutton and Hector Medallists who have held 

 their distinctions and positions prior to 3rd February, 1919, and who at 

 that date are members of the Institute. The remaining Original Fellows 

 shall be nominated as provided for in Eegulation 26 (a), and shall be 

 elected by the said past Presidents and Hector and Hutton Medallists. 



22. The total number of Fellows at any time shall not be more than 

 forty. 



23. After the appointment and election of the Original Fellows, as pro- 

 vided in Eegulation 21, not more than four Fellows shall be elected in any 

 one year. 



24. The Fellowship shall be given for research or distinction in science. 



