Incorporated Societies. xix 



Extracts from the Rules of the AiLcJeland Institute, 

 1. Any person desiring to become a member of the Institute shall be 

 proposed in writing by two members, and shall be balloted for at the 

 next meeting of the Council. 



4. New members on election to pay one guinea entrance-fee, in 

 addition to the annual subscription of one guinea, the annual subscrip- 

 tion being payable in advance on the first day of April for the then cur- 

 rent year. 



5. Members may at any time become life-members by one payment 

 of ten pounds ten shillings in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 



10. Annual general meeting of the society on the third Monday of 

 February in each year. Ordinary business meetings are called by the 

 Council from time to time. 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OP CANTERBURY. 



Office-bearers for 1899. — President — L. Cockayne ; 

 Vice-presidents — E. Speight, Dr. W. H. Symes ; Hon. Secre- 

 tary — Professor A. Dendy ; Hon. Treasurer — Captain F. W. 

 Hutton ; Co2cncil — Dr. Evans, H. E. Webb, E. M. Laing, 

 T. W. Naylor Beckett, J. B. Mayne, and Professor Arnold 

 Wall ; Hon. .Auditor — E. C. Bishop. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Philosophical InstittUe of Canterbury. 



8. Members of the Institute shall pay one guinea annually as a sub- 

 scription to the funds of the Institute. The subscription shall be due on 

 the 1st November in each year. 



The Institute may also admit associates, who shall contribute five 

 shillings annually to the funds of the Institute, and shall have all the 

 privileges of members, except that they shall not have the power to vote, 

 or be entitled to the annual volume of the Transactions. 



9. Members may compound for all annual subscriptions of the current 

 and future years by paying ten guineas. 



15. The ordinary meetings of the Institute shall be held on the first 

 Wednesday in each month during the months of May to October, both 

 inclusive. 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



Office-bearers for 1899. — President — F. E. Chapman ; 

 Vice-presidents — Dr. Scott, A. Bathgate ; Council — Professor 

 Benham, Dr. Hocken, Dr. Shand, G. M. Thomson, B. C. 

 Aston, E. Melland, Crosbie Smith; Hon. Secretary — A. 

 Hamilton ; Ho7i. Treasurer — J. S. Tennant ; Auditor — D. 

 Brent. 



Extracts from the Constitution and Rules of the Otago Institute. 

 2. Any person desiring to join the society may be elected by ballot, 

 on being proposed in writing at any meeting of the Council or society by 

 two members, and on the payment of the annual subscription of one 

 guinea for the year then current. 



