xiv Incorporated Societies. 
LIST OF INCORPORATED SOCIETIES. 
NAME OF SOCIETY. DATE OF INCORPORATION 
WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL Socrety - - - 10th June, 1868. 
AvcKLAND INSTITUTE = - : - - 10th June, 1868. 
PHILOSOPHICAL Institute OF CANTERBURY - - 22nd October, 1868. 
Oraco [INSTITUTE . 3 - - - 18th October, 1869. 
NELSON ÅSSOCIATION FOR THE Pona OF SCIENCE 
AND [NDUSTRY - - - - - . 28rd Sept., 1870. 
WESTLAND INSTITUTE 
5 21st December, 1874. 
Hawke Bav PHILOSOPHICAL i cs . 
91st March, 1875. 
WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1877 :—President—W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. ; 
Vice- Presidents—T. Kirk, F.L.8., J. Carruthers, M Inst. C.E. ; Council—Dr. 
Buller, C.M.G., F.L.S., C. C. Graham, James Hector, C.M.G., M.D., 
F.R.8., Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S., J. C. Crawford, F.G.S., A. K. 
Newman, M.B., M.R.C.P., C. Rous Marten, F.R.G.S., F.M.8.; Auditor— 
Arthur Baker ; Secretary and Treasurer—R. B. Gore. 
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1878 :—President—Thomas Kirk, F.L.S. ; Vice- 
Presidenis—J. Carruthers, M.Inst. C.E., A. K. Newman, M.B., M.R.C.P. ; 
Council—James Hector, C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., J. C. Crawford, F.G.8., W. 
T. L. Travers, F.L.S., Dr. Buller, C.M.G., F.L.S., C. Rous Marten, 
F.R.G.8., F.M.8., E. W. A. Skae, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., Martin Chapman ; 
Auditor—Arthur Baker ; Secretary and Treasurer—R. B. Gore. 
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 
da anual payment. 
time and place of the General Meetings of Members of the Society shall be 
i i the Council and duly announced by the Secretary. 
