Regulations. xiii 



Incorporation of Societies. 



1. No society shall be incorporated with the Institute 

 under the provisions 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 afore- 

 said shall provide for the expenditure of not less than one- 

 third of the annual revenue in or towards the formation or 

 support of some local public museum or library, or otherwise 

 shall provide for the contribution of not less than one-sixth of 

 its said revenue towards the extension and maintenance of the 

 New Zealand Institute. 



4. Any society incorporated as aforesaid which shall in any 

 one year fail to expend the proportion of revenue specified in 

 Regulation No. 3 aforesaid in manner provided shall from 

 henceforth cease to be incorporated with the Institute. 



5. All papers read before any society for the time being 

 incorporated with the Institute shall be deemed to be com- 

 munications to the Institute, and then may be published as 

 Proceedings or Transactions of the Institute, subject to the 

 following regulations of the Board of the Institute regarding 

 publications : — 



Regulations regarding Publications. 



(a.) The publications of the Institute shall consist of — 



(1.) A current abstract of the proceedings of 

 the societies for the time being incorporated with 

 the Institute, to be intituled "Proceedings of the 

 New Zealand Institute " ; 



(2.) And of transactions comprising papers read 

 before the incorporated societies (subject, however, 

 to selection as hereinafter mentioned), and of such 

 other matter as the Board of Governors shall from 

 time to time determine to publish, to be intituled 

 " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute." 



(b.) The Board of Governors shall determine what papers 

 are to be published. 



