NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



ESTABLISHED UNDER AN ACT OP THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NEW 

 ZEALAND INTITULED "THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT, 1867." 



BoAKD OF Governors. 



(ex opficio.) 



His Excellency the Governor. 

 The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. 



(nominated.) 



W. T. L. Travers.F.L.S. ; Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G., M.D., 

 F.E.S. ; W. M. Maskell ; Thomas Mason ; E. Tregear, 

 F.R.G.S. ; John Young. 



(elected.) 



1896.— James McKerrow, F.R. A.S. ; S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S. ; 

 Major-General Schaw, C.B., R.E. 



Manager : Sir James Hector. 



HoNOBAEY Treasurer: W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. 



Secretary : R. B. Gore. 



ABSTRACTS OF RULES AND STATUTES. 



Gazetted in the " New Zealand Gazette," 9th March, 1868. 



Section I. 



Incorporation of Societies. 



1. No society shall be incorporated with tlie Institute under the 

 provisions of "Tlie New Zealand Institute Act, 1867," unless such 

 society shall consist of not less than twenty-five members, subscribing in 

 the aggregate a sum of not less than fifty pounds sterling annually for 

 the promotion of art, science, or such other branch of knowledge for 



