NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT. 



Thk following Act reconstituting the Institute was passed by 

 Parliament : — 



1903, No. 48. 



An Act to reconstitute the New Zealand Institute. 



[18th November, 1903. 

 Whebeas it is desirable to reconstitute the New Zealand 

 Institute with a view to connecting it more closely with the 

 affiliated institutions : 



Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New 

 Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the 

 same, as follows : — 



1. The Short Title of this Act is "The New Zealand 

 Institute Act, 190:;.'' 



2. "The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867," is hereby 

 repealed. 



3. (1.) The body hitherto known as the New Zealand 

 [nstitute (hereinafter referred to as "the Institute") shall 

 .-(insist of the Auckland Institute, the Wellington Philoso- 

 phical Society, the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, the 

 Otago Institute, the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, the 

 Nelson Institute, the Westland Institute, the Southland Insti- 

 tute, and such others as may hereafter be incorporated in 

 accordance with regulations to be made by the Board of 

 Governors as hereinafter mentioned. 



(2.) Members of the above-named incorporated societies 

 shall be n> so facto members of the Institute. 



! The control and management of the Institute shall be in 

 the hands of a Board of Governors, constituted as follows : — 

 The Governor ; 

 The Colonial Secretary ; 



Pour members to be appointed by the Governor m 

 Council during the month of December, one thou- 

 sand nine hundred and three, and two members to 

 be similarly appointed during the month of Decem- 

 ber m everj succeeding year ; 

 Two members to be appointed by each of the incor- 

 porated societies at Auckland, Wellington, Christ- 

 church, and Dunedin during the month of December 

 in i Itemate year : 



