NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE: 
ESTABLISHED UNDER AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NEW ZEALAND 
INTITULED “THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT, 1867." 
Boarp or GOVERNORS. 
(EX OFFICIO.) 
His Excellency the Governor. | The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. 
(NOMINATED. ) : 
The Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S., W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., James 
Hector, C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, B.A., 
Thomas Mason, M.H.R., the Hon. G. Randall Johnson, M.L.C. 
(ELECTED.) 
1882.—Mr. Justice Gillies, the Hon. William Rolleston, M.H.R., James 
McKerrow. 
1883.—The Hon. William Rolleston, M.H.R., James MeKerrow, Martin 
Chapman. 
MANAGER : 
James Hector. 
Honorary TREASURER : 
The Ven. Archdeacon Stock. 
SECRETARY : 
R. B. Gore. 
ABSTRACTS OF RULES AND STATUTES. 
GAZETTED IN THE ' NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE,” 9TH Marcu, 1868. 
Srcrion I. 
Incorporation of Societies. 
1. No Society shall be incorporated with the Institute under the provisions of ** The 
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 which it is associated, to be from time to time certified to the satisfaction of the 
Board of Governors of the Institute by the Chairman for the time being of the Society. 
2. Any Society incorporated as aforesaid shall cease to be incorporated with the 
Institute in ease 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 £50. 
