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LIST OF INCOEPOEATED SOCIETIES. 



NAME OF SOCIETY. DATE OF INCORPORATION. 



Wellington Philosophical Society - 10th June, 1868. 



Auckland Institute . . . . lOth June, 1868. 



Philosophical Institute of Cantekbuky 22nd Oct., 1868. 



Otago Institute 18th Oct., 1869. 



Westland Institute . . . . 21st Dec, 1874. 



Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute - 31st Mar., 1875. 



Southland Institute . . . . 21st July., 1880. 



Nelson Philosophical Society - - 20th Dec, 1883. 



OFFICEES OF INCOEPOEATED SOCIETIES, AND 

 EXTEACTS FEOM THE EULES. 



. WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 

 Office-bearers for 1H97 .—President — W. T. L. Travers, 

 F.L.S. ; Vice-presidents — E. C. Harding, B. Tregear, F.E.G.S. ; 

 Council— Sir W. L. Buller, F.E.S. ; W. M. Maskell, G. V. 

 Hudson, F.E.S. ; Thomas Kirk, F.L.S. ; Major-General Schaw, 

 C.B., E.E. ; Sir J. Hector, F.E.S. ; E. L. Mestayer, M. Inst. 

 C.E. ; Secretary and Treasurer — E. B. Gore ; Auditor — T. 

 King. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Wellington Philosophical Society. 



5. Every member shall contribute annually to the funds of the 

 Society the sum of one guinea. 



6. The annual contribution shall be due on the first day of January 

 in each year. 



7. The sum of ten pounds may be paid at any time as a composition 

 for life of the ordinary annual payment. 



14. The time and place of the general meetings of members of the 

 Society shall be fixed by the Council, and duly announced by the 

 Secretary, 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 

 Office-bearers for 1897. — President — B. Eoberton, 

 M.D. ; Vice-presidents — D. Petrie, F.L.S., Professor A. P. 

 Thomas, F.L.S. ; Council — G. Aickin, J. Batger, W. Berry, 

 H. Campbell, C. Cooper, B. A. Mackechnie, T. Peacock, 

 Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.E.C.S.B., J. Eeid, J. Stewart, C.E., 

 J. H. Upton ; Tritstees—E. A. Mackechnie, S. P. Smith, 

 F.E.G.S., T. Peacock; Secretary and Curator — T. F. Cheese- 

 man, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; Auditor — W. Gorrie. 



