NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 
ESTABLISHED UNDER AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NEW ZEALAND, 
INTITULED “THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT, 1807." 
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. 
(ELECTED.) 
1879.—Thomas Kirk, F.L.S., The Hon. Robert Stout, M.H.R., W. L. 
Buller, C.M.G., Sc.D., F.L.S. 
1880.—Captain W. R. Russell, M.H.R., W. L. Buller, C.M.G., Se.D., 
F.R.S., Thomas Kirk, F.L.S. 
MANAGER. 
James Hector. 
Honorary TREASURER. 
The Ven. Archdeacon Stock. 
SECRETARY. 
R. B. Gore. 
ABSTRACTS OF RULES AND STATUTES. 
GAZETTED IN THE “ New ZEALAND GAZETTE,” 9 Marcu, 1868. 
Section 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 
Er 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 case 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. 
3. The bye-laws of every Society to be incorporated as aforesaid shall provide for the 
expenditure of not less than one-third of its annual revenue in or towards the formation 
or support of some local public Museum or Library; or otherwise shall provide for the 
contribution of not less than one-sixth of its said revenue towards the extension and 
maintenance of the Museum and Library of the New Zealand Institute, 
