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Two members fco be appointed by each of the incorporated societies 

 at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin during 

 the month of December in each alternate year; and the next 

 year in which such an appointment shall be made is the 

 year one thousand nine hundred and nine : 



One member to be appointed by each of the other incorporated 

 societies during the month of December in each alternate 

 year; and the next year in which such an appointment shall 

 be made is the year one thousand nine hundred and nine. 



4. (1.) Of the members appointed by the Governor in Council, the 

 two members longest in office without reappointment shall retire annually 

 on the appointment of their successors. 



(2.) Subject to the last preceding subsection, the appointed members 

 of the Board shall hold office until the appointment of their successors. 



5. The Board shall be a body corporate by the name of the " New 

 Zealand Institute," and by that name shall have perpetual succession 

 and a common seal, and may sue and be sued, and shall have power and 

 authority to take, purchase, and hold lands for the purposes hereinafter 

 mentioned. 



6. (1.) The Board shall have power to appoint a fit person, to be 

 known as the " President," to superintend and carry out all necessary 

 work in connection with the affairs of the Institute, and to provide him 

 with such further assistance as may be required. 



(2.) The Board shall also appoint the President or some other fit 

 person to be editor of the Transactions of the Institute, and may appoint 

 a committee to assist him in the work of editing the same. 



(3.) The Board shall have power from time to time to make regu- 

 lations under which societies may become incorporated with the 

 Institute, and to declare that any incorporated society shall cease to be 

 incorporated if such regulations are not complied with ; and such regu- 

 lations on being published in the Gazette shall have the force of law. 



(4.) The Board may receive any grants, bequests, or gifts of books 

 or specimens of any kind whatsoever for the use of the Institute, and 

 dispose of them as it thinks fit. 



(5.) The Board shall have control of the property from time to time 

 vested in it or acquired by it ; and shall make regulations for the 

 management of the same, and for the encouragement of research by the 

 members of the Institute ; and in all matters, specified or unspecified, 

 shall have power to act for and on behalf of the Institute. 



7. (1.) Any casual vacancy in the Board, howsoever caused, shall be 

 filled within three months by the society or authority that appointed 

 the member whose place has become vacant, and if not filled within that 

 time the vacancy shall be filled by the Board. 



(2.) Any person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall only hold 

 office for such period as his predecessor would have held office under 

 this Act. 



8. (1.) Annual meetings of the Board shall be held in the month of 

 January in each year, the date and place of such annual meeting to be 

 fixed at the previous annual meeting. 



(2.) The Board may meet during the year at such other times and 

 places as it deems necessary. 



(3.) At each annual meeting the President shall present to the 

 meeting a report of the work of the Institute for the year preceding, and 

 a balance-sheet, duly audited, of all sums received and paid on behalf 

 of the Institute. 



9. The Board may from time to time, as it sees fit, make arrange- 

 ments for the holding of general meetings of members of the Institute, 



