Regulations. xiii 



{d.) All papers sent in for publication must be legibly written, type- 

 written, or printed. 



(e.) A proportional contribution may be required from each society 

 towards the cost of publishing Proceedings and Transactions 

 of the Institute. 



(/.) Each incorporated society will be entitled to receive a propor- 

 tional number of copies of the Transactions and Proceedings 

 of the New Zealand Institute, to be from time to time fixed 

 by the Board of Governors. 



General Eegulations. 



6. All property accumulated by or with funds derived from incor- 

 porated societies, and placed in charge of the Institute, shall be vested 

 in the Institute, and be used and applied at the discretion of the Board of 

 Governors for public advantage', in like manner with any other of the 

 property of the Institute. 



7. Subject to " The New Zealand Institute Act, 1903," 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. 



8. 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 remain in force as long as the fore- 

 goiirg regulations of the Institute are complied with by the society. 



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

 well as a casting vote. 



Management of the Property of the Institute. 



10. All donations by societies, public Departments, or private indi- 

 viduals to the Institute shall be acknowledged by a printed form of 

 receipt, and shall be entered in the books of the Institute provided for 

 that purpose, and shall then be dealt with as the Board of Governors may 

 direct. 



Honorary Members. 



11. 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. 



12. 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. 



13. 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. 



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. 



