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Honorary Members. 



8. The Board of Governors shall have power to elect honorary 

 members (being persons not residing in the Colony of New Zealand), pro- 

 vided that the total number of honorary members shall not exceed 

 thirty. 



9. In case of a vacancy in the list of honorary members, each incor- 

 porated society, after intimation from the Secretary of the Institute, may 

 nominate for election as honorary member one person. 



10. The names, descriptions, and addresses of persons so nominated, 

 together with the grounds on which their election as honorary members 

 is recommended, shall be forthwith forwarded to the President of the 

 New Zealand Institute, and shall by him "be submitted to the Governors 

 at the next succeeding meeting. 



General Eegulations. 



11. Subject to the New Zealand Institute Act, 1908, 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. 



12. Upon application signed by the President and countersigned by the 

 Secretary of any society, accompanied by the certificate required under 

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

 the seal of the Institute, and will remam in force as long as the fore- 

 going regulations of the Institute are cojiiplied with by the society. 



13. In voting on any subject the President is to have a deliberate as 

 well as a casting vote. 



14. The President may at any time call a meeting of the Board, and 

 shall do so on the requisition in writing of four Governors. 



15. Twenty-one days' notice of every meeting of the Board shall be 

 given by posting the same to each Governor at an address furnished by 

 him to the Secretary. 



16. In case of a vacancy in the office of President, a meeting of 

 the Board shall be called by the Secretary within twenty-one days to 

 elect a new President. 



17. The Governors for the time being resident or present in Wellington 

 shall be a Standing Committee for the purpose of transacting urgent 

 business and assisting the officers. 



18. The Standing Committee may appoint persons to perform the 

 duties of any other office which may become vacant. Any such appoint- 

 ment shall hold good until the next meeting of the Board, when the 

 vacancy shall be filled. 



19. The foregoing regulations may be altered or amended at any 

 annual meeting, provided that notice be given in writing to the Secretary 

 of the Institute not later than the 30th November. 



