NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 





ESTABLISHED UNDER AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NEW 

 ZEALAND INTITULED " THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT, 1867." 



Board of Governors. 



(ex officio.) 

 His Excellency the Governor. | The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. 



(nominated.) 



The Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S., W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., 

 James Hector, C.M.G., M.D., F.E.S., the Ven. Arch- 

 deacon Stock, B.A., Thomas Mason, the Hon. G. M. 

 Waterhouse, M.L.C. 



(elected.) 



1886.— F. B. Hutchinson. M.E.C.S., James McKerrow, F.R.A.S., 

 W. M. Maskell, F.M.S. 



Manager: James Hector. Honorary Treasurer : Ven. 

 Archdeacon Stock. 



Secretary : B. B. Gore. 



ABSTRACTS OF RULES AND STATUTES. 



Gazetted in the "New Zealand Gazette," 9th Maech, 1868. 



Section I. 



Incorporation of Societies. 



1. No Society shall be incorporated with the Institute under the pro- 

 visions of " The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867," unless such Society shall 

 consist of not less than twenty-five members, subscribing in the aggregate a 

 sum of not less than fifty pounds sterling annually, for the promotion of art, 

 science, or such other branch of knowledge for which it is associated, to be 

 from time to time certified to the satisfaction of the Board of Governors of 

 the Institute by the Chairman for the time being of the Society. 



