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NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT. 



The following Act reconstituting the Institute was passed by 

 Parliament : — 



1903, No. 48. 



An Act to reconstitute the New Zealand Institute. 



[18th November, 1903. 



Whekeas it is desirable to reconstitute the New Zealand 

 Institute with a view to connecting it more closely with the 

 affiliated institutions : 



Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New 

 Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the 

 same, as follows : — 



1. The Short Title of this Act is "The New Zealand 

 Institute Act, 1903." 



2. "The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867," is hereby 

 repealed. 



3. (1.) The body hitherto known as the New Zealand 

 Institute (hereinafter referred to as "the Institute") shall 

 consist of the Auckland Institute, the Wellington Philoso- 

 phical Society, the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, the 

 Otago Institute, the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, the 

 Nelson Institute, the Westland Institute, the Southland Insti- 

 tute, and such others as may hereafter be incorporated in 

 accordance with regulations to be made by the Board of 

 Governors as hereinafter mentioned. 



(2.) Members of the above-named incorporated societies 

 shall be ipso facto members of the Institute. 



4. The control and management of the Institute shall be in 

 the hands of a Board of Governors, constituted as follows : — 



The Governor ; 



The Colonial Secretary ; 



Four members to be appointed by the Governor in 

 Council during the month of December, one thou- 

 sand nine hundred and three, and two members to 

 be similarly appointed during the month of Decem- 

 ber in every succeeding year ; 



Two members to be appointed by each of the incor- 

 porated societies at Auckland, Wellington, Christ- 

 church, and Dunedin during the month of December 

 in each alternate year ; 



