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at times and. places to be arranged, for the reading of scientific papers, 

 the delivery of lectures, and for the general promotion of science in New 

 Zealand by any means that may appear desirable. 



10. The Minister of Finance shall from time to time, without further 

 appropriation than this Act, pay to the Board the sum of five hundred 

 pounds in each financial year, to be applied in or towards payment of the 

 general current expenses of the Institute. 



11. Forthwith upon the making of any regulations or the publica- 

 tion of any Transactions, the Board shall transmit a copy thereof to the 

 Minister of Internal Affairs, who shall lay the same before Parliament if 

 sitting, or if not, then within twenty days after the commencement of the 

 next ensuing session thereof. 



Schedule. 



Enactments consolidated. 

 1903, No. 48.— The New Zealand Institute Act, 1903. 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE AMENDMENT ACT, 1920. 



1920, No. 3. 



An Act to amend the New Zealand Institute Act, 1908. 



[30th July, 1920. 

 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament 

 assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : — 



1. This Act may be cited as the New Zealand Institute Amendment 

 Act, 1920, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the New 

 Zealand Institute Act, 1908. 



2. Section ten of the New Zealand Institute Act, 1908, is hereby 

 amended by omitting the words " five hundred pounds," and substituting 

 the words " one thousand pounds." 



EEGULATIONS. 

 The following are the regulations of the New Zealand Institute under 

 the Act of 1903 :— * 



The word "Institute" used in the following regulations means the 

 New Zealand Institute as constituted by the New Zealand Institute 

 Act, 1903. 



Incorporation of Societies. 



1. No society shall be incorporated with the Institute under the pro- 

 visions of the New Zealand Institute Act, 1903, unless such society shall 

 consist of not less than twenty-five members, subscribing in the aggregate 

 a sum of not less than £25 sterling annually for the promotion of art, 

 science, or such other branch of knowledge for which it is associated, to 

 be from time to time certified to the satisfaction of the Board of Governors 

 of the Institute by the President for the time being of the society. 



2. Any society incorporated as aforesaid shall cease to be incorporated 

 with the Institute in case the number of the members of the said society 

 shall at any time become less than twenty-five, or the amount of money 

 annually subscribed by such members shall at any time be less 

 than £25. 



3. The by-laws of every society to be incorporated as aforesaid shall 

 provide for the expenditure of not less than one - third of the annual 



* New Zealand Gazette, 14th July, 1904. 



