xvi. New Zealand Institute. 



LIST OF INCOEPOEATED SOCIETIES. 



NAME OF SOCIETY. DATE OF INCOKPOEATION. 



Wellington Philosophical Society - 10th June, 1868. 



Auckland Institute - - - 10th June, 1868. 



Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 22nd October, 1868. 



Otago Institute ----- 18th October, 1869. 



Westland Institute ... - 21st December, 1874. 



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



Southland Institute - - - 21st July, 1880. 



Nelson Philosophical Socdsty - . 20th December, 1883. 



OFFICEES OF INCOEPOEATED SOCIETIES, AND 

 EXTEACTS FEOM THE EULES. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Office-bearers for 1886. — President — James Hector, M.D., 

 C.M.G., F.E.S. ; Vice-presidents— F. B. Hutchinson, M.E.C.S., 

 W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. ; Council — Martin Chapman, Hon. 

 G. E. Johnson, M.L.C., W. M. Maskell, F.M.S., A. de B. 

 Brandon, jun., Charles Hulke, F.C.S., A. K. Newman, M.B., 

 M.E.C.P., E. Govett ; Secretary and Treasurer — E. B. Gore; 

 Auditor — "W. E. Vaux. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Wellington Philosophical 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. 



Office-bearers for 1886 : — President — Professor F. D. 

 Brown, B.Sc ; Vice-presidents — J. A. Pond, H. G. Seth Smith ; 

 Council — J. Baber, C.E., C. Cooper, Hon. Colonel Haultain, 

 E. A. Mackechnie, J. Martin, F.G.S., J. M. Moore, M.D., T. 

 Peacock, M.H.E., Eev. A. G. Purchas, M.E.C.S.E., S.P. Smith, 

 F.E.G.S., J. Stewart, C.E., Professor A. P. Thomas, F.L.S. ; 

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

 Auditor — J. Eeid. 



