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Zealand Institute as an advising body in connection with the administra- 

 tion of Kapiti Island and other plant and animal sanctuaries ; that the 

 Standing Committee constitute a deputation to wait upon the Hon. the 

 Minister of Lands to give reasons for recognizing the Institute as an advising 

 body in connection with the administration of Kapiti Island and other plant 

 and animal sanctuaries. 



Amendment of Regulation 3. — A letter from the Wellington Philosophical 

 Society forwarding a resolution recommending the amendment of Kegu- 

 lation 3 was ruled out of order in not complying with the regulations. 



Protection of Birds and Seals. — A letter from the Otago Institute 

 (17/12/18), which was supported by one from the Canterbury Philosophical 

 Institute (3/1/19), was read. On the motion of Professor Chilton, seconded 

 by Professor Thomas, it was resolved, That the Institute again urge upon 

 the Government the necessity of strictly enforcing the regulations for the 

 protection of the seals and native birds of New Zealand. 



On the motion of the Hon. G. M. Thomson, seconded by Mr. L. Birks, 

 it was resolved. That the New Zealand Institute urge upon the Govern- 

 ment of Tasmania that seals and birds upon Macquarie Island should be 

 protected, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Royal 

 Society of Tasmania. 



Proposed New Regulations. — A letter from Dr. Hilgendorf (27/11/18), 

 suggesting new regulations dealing with the transmission of papers from 

 the author.s to the Editor of the Transactions was considered. 



Proposed Regulation 1 : That in the Regulations under the New Zea- 

 land Institute Act, clause 5, (a), (2) (see Transactions, vol. 49, p. 573), be 

 amended by the insertion, after the word " societies " in line 2, of the 

 words " or any general meeting of the New Zealand Institute." Adopted. 



2. That the same subclause be further amended by the insertion, after 

 the second occurrence of the word " time " in line 4, of the words " by 

 special resolution in each case." This was amended by the insertion of the 

 words '' for special reasons " in place of the words " by special resolution," 

 and was carried. 



3. That the same subclause be amended by the insertion, after sub- 

 clause (6), of a new subclause as follows : "(c) No paper written by a person 

 that is not a member of the New Zealand Institute shall be considered for 

 publication unless the Council of the incorporated society before which 

 the paper was read shall certify that it is in possession of satisfactory 

 reasons why the author is not a member of the New Zealand Institute." 

 On being put to the meeting this was lost. 



4. That after the above there be inserted another new subclause as 

 follows : " (rf.) In the case of a paper read before a general meeting of the 

 New Zealand Institute by a person that is not a member of the New Zealand 

 Institute the paper may be accepted for publication on the statement 

 of the Standing Committee that it considers that there are satisfactory 

 reasons why the author is not a member of the New Zealand Institute." 

 Withdrawn. 



5. That in the same subclauses (c), (d), (e), (/) be lettered (e), (/), (g), 

 (h), respectively. Withdrawn. 



6. That the whole clause as amended be printed in the next volume of 

 the Transactions and Proceedings. This was adopted with the deletion of 

 the word " whole." 



