54:2 Ajjpendix. 



shall be nominated as provided for in Regulation 26 (a), and shall be 

 elected by the said past Presidents and Hector and Hutton Medallists. 



22. The total number of Fellows at any time shall not be more than 

 forty. 



23. After the appointment and election of the Original Fellows, as pro- 

 vided in Regulation 21, not more than four Fellows shall be elected in any 

 one year. 



24. The Fellowship shall be given for research or distinction in science. 



25. No person shall be elected as Fellow unless he is a British subject 

 and has been a member of one of the incorporated societies for three years 

 immediately preceding his election. 



26. After the appointment and election of the Original Fellows as pro- 

 vided in Regulation 21 there shall be held an annual election of Fellows 

 at such time as the Board of Governors shall appoint. Such election shall 

 be determined as follows : — 



(a.) Each of the incorporated societies at Auckland, Wellington, Christ- 

 church, and Dunedin may nominate not more than twice as 

 many persons as there are vacancies, and each of the other 

 incorporated societies may nominate as many persons as there 

 are vacancies. Each nomination must be accompanied by a 

 statement of the qualifications of the candidate for Fellowship. 



(b.) Out of the persons so nominated the Fellows resident in New Zea- 

 land shall select twice as many persons as there are vacancies, if 

 so many be nominated. 



(c.) The names of the nominees shall be submitted to the Fellows at 

 least six months, and the names selected by them submitted 

 to the Governors at least three months, before the date fixed 

 for the annual meeting of the Board of Governors at which the 

 election is to take place. 



(d.) The election shall be made by the Board of Governors at the annual 

 meeting from the persons selected by the Fellows. 



(e.) The methods of selection in subclause (b) and of election in sub- 

 clause (d) shall be determined by the Board of Governors. 



(/.) The eefficial abbreviation of the title " Fellow of the New Zealand 

 Institute " shall be " F.N.Z.Inst." 



Amendment to Regulations. 



Regulation 5 (a) of the regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette 

 of the 14th July, 1904, is hereby amended to read : — 



" (a.) The publications of the Institute shall consist of — 



" (1.) Such current abstract of the proceedings of the societies 

 for the time being incorporated with the Institute as the Board 

 of Governors deems desirable ; 



" (2.) And of transactions comprising papers read before the 

 incorporated societies or any general meeting of the New Zealand 

 Institute (subject, however, to selection as hereinafter mentioned), 

 and of such other matter as the Board of Governors shall from 

 time to time for special reasons in each case determine to publish, 

 to be intituled Transactions of the New Zealand Institute." 



