New Zealand Institute Acts. 453 



2. (1.) The body now known as the New Zealand Institute (herein- 

 after referred to as " the Institute") shall consist of the Auckland Insti- 

 tute, the Wellington Philosophical Society, the Philosophical Institute 

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

 Institute, the Nelson Institute, the Westland Institute, the Southland 

 Institute, and such others as heretofore have been or may hereafter be 

 incorporated therewith in accordance with regulations heretofore made 

 or hereafter to be made by the Board of Governors. 



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

 facto members of the Institute. 



3. The control and management of the Institute shall be vested in a 

 Board of Governors (hereinafter referred to as " the Board "), constituted 

 as follows : — 



The Governor : 



The Minister of Internal Affairs : 



Four members to be appointed by the Governor in Council, of 

 whom two shall be appointed during the month of December 

 in every year : 



Two members to be appointed by each of the incorporated societies 

 at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin during 

 the month of December in each alternate year ; and the next 

 year in which such an appointment shall be made is the 

 year one thousand nine hundred and nine : 



One member to be appointed by each of the other incorporated 

 societies during the month of December in each alternate 

 year; and the next year in which such an appointment shall 

 be made is the year one thousand nine hundred and nine. 



4. (1.) Of the members appointed by the Governor in Council, the 

 two members longest in office without reappointment shall retire annually 

 on the appointment of their successors. 



(2.) Subject to the last preceding subsection, the appointed members 

 of the Board shall hold office until the anpointment of their successors. 



5. The Board shall be a body corporate by the name of the " New 

 Zealand Institute," and by that name shall have perpetual succession 

 and a common seal, and may sue and be sued, and shall have power and 

 authority to take, purchase, and hold lands for the purposes hereinafter 

 mentioned. 



6. (1.) The Board shall have power to appoint a fit person, to be 

 known as the " President," to superintend and carry out all necessary 

 work in connection with the affairs of the Institute, and to provide him 

 with such further assistance as may be required. 



(2.) The Board shall also appoint the President or some other fit 

 person to be editor of the Transactions of the Institute, and may appoint 

 a committee to assist him in the w^ork of editing the same. 



(3.) The Board shall liave power from time to time to make regu- 

 lations under which societies may become incorporated with the 

 Institute, and to declare that any incorporated society shall cease to be 

 incorporated if such regulations are not complied with ; and such regu- 

 lations on being published in the Gazette shall have the force of law. 



(4.) The Board may receive any grants, bequests, or gifts of books 

 or specimens of any kind whatsoever for the use of the Institute, and 

 dispose of them as it thinks fit. 



(5.) The Board shall have control of the property from time to time 

 vested in it or acquired by it ; and shall make regulations for the 



