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which it is associated, to be from time to time certified to the satis- 

 faction of the Board of Governors of the Institute by the Chairman for 

 the time being of the society. 



2. Any society incorporated as aforesaid shall cease to be incor- 

 porated with the Institute in case the number of the members of the said 

 society shall at any time become less than twenty-five, or the amount of 

 money annually subscribed by such members shall at any time be less 

 than £50. 



3. The by-laws of every society to be incorporated as aforesaid shall 

 provide for the expenditure of not less than one third of the annual 

 revenue in or towards the formation or support of some local public 

 museum or library, or otherwise shall provide for the contribution of not 

 less than one-sixth of its said revenue towards the extension and main- 

 tenance of the Museum and Library of the New Zealand Institute. 



4. Any society incorporated as aforesaid, which shall in any one 

 year fail to expend the proportion of revenue affixed in manner provided 

 by Rule 3 aforesaid, shall from thenceforth cease to be incorporated with 

 the Institute. 



5. All papers read before any society for the time being incorporated 

 with the Institute shall be deemed to be communications to the Insti- 

 tute, and may then be published as Proceedings or Transactions of the 

 Institute, subject to the following regulations of the Board of the Insti- 

 tute regarding publications : — ■ 



Regulations regarding Publications. 



(a.) The publications of the Institute shall consist of a current 

 abstract of the proceedings of the societies for the time being 

 incorporated with the Institute, to be intituled " Proceedings 

 of the New Zealand Institute," and of transactions, comprising 

 papers read before the incorporated societies (subject, however, 

 to selection as hereinafter mentioned), to be intituled " Trans- 

 actions of the New Zealand Institute." 



(b.) The Institute shall have power to reject any papers read before 

 any of the incorporated societies. 



(c.) Papers so rejected will be returned to the society in which they 

 were read. 



(d.) A proportional contribution may be required from each society 

 towards the cost of publishing the Proceedings and Transac- 

 tions of the Institute. 



(e.) Each incorporated society will be entitled to receive a propor- 

 tional number of copies of the Proceedings and Transactions 

 of the Institute, to be from time to time fixed by the Board of 

 Governors. 



(/.) Extra copies will be issued to any of the members of incorporated 

 societies at the cost-price of publication. 



6. All property accumulated by or with funds derived from incor- 

 porated societies, and placed in charge of the Institute, shall be vested 

 in the Institute, and be used and applied at the discretion of the Board 

 of Governors for public advantage, in like manner with any other of the 

 property of the Institute. 



7. Subject to "The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867," 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. 



8. Upon application signed by the Chairman and countersigned by 

 the Secretary of any society, accompanied by the certificate required 

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

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

 rules of the Institute are complied with by the society. 



