Abstract of Bules and Statutes. xv 



Section II. 

 For the Management of the Property of the Institute. 



9. All donations by societies, public departments, or private indi- 

 viduals to tbe Museum of the Institute shall be acknowledged by a 

 printed form of receipt, and shall be duly entered in the books of the 

 Institute provided for that purpose, and shall then be dealt with as 

 the Board of Governors may direct. 



10. Deposits of articles for the Museum may be accepted by the 

 Institute, subject to a fortnight's notice of removal, to be given either by 

 the owner of the articles or by the Manager of the Institute, and such 

 deposits shall be duly entered in a separate catalogue. 



11. Books relating to natural science may be deposited in the Library 

 of the Institute, subject to the following conditions : — 



(a.) Such books are not to be withdrawn by the owner under six 

 months' notice, if such notice shall be required by the Board 

 of Governors. 



(b.) Any funds especially expended on binding and preserving such 

 deposited books at the request of the depositor shall be 

 charged against the books, and must be refunded to the 

 Institute before their withdrawal, always subject to special 

 arrangements made with the Board of Governors at the 

 time of deposit. 



(c.) No books deposited in the Library of the Institute shall be 

 removed for temporary use except on the written authority or 

 receipt of the owner, and then only for a period not exceed- 

 ing seven days at any one time. 



12. All books in the Library of the Institute shall be duly entered in 

 a catalogue, which shall be accessible to the public. 



13. The public shall be admitted to the use of the Museum and 

 Library, subject to by-laws to be framed by the Board. 



Section III. 



The laboratory shall for the time being be and remain under the 

 exclusive management of the Manager of the Institute. 



Section IV. 



(Of Date 23rd September, 1870.) 



Honorary Members. 



Whereas tbe rules of the societies incorporated under the New 

 Zealand Institute Act provide for the election of honorary members of 

 such societies, but inasmuch as such honorary members would not 

 thereby become members of the New Zealand Institute, and whereas it 

 is expedient to make provision for the election of honorary members of 

 the New Zealand Institute, it is hereby declared, — 



1. Each incorporated society may, in the month of November next, 



nominate for election, as honorary members of the New Zea- 

 land Institute, three persons, and in the month of November 

 in each succeeding year one person, not residing in the colony. 



2. 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 

 Manager of the New Zealand Institute, and shall by him be 

 submitted to the Governors at the next succeeding meeting. 



3. From the persons so nominated the Governors may select in the 



first year not more than nine, and in each succeeding year not 

 more than three, who shall from thenceforth be honorary 

 members of the New Zealand Institute, provided that the 

 total number of honorary members shall not exceed thirty. 



