xii New Zealand Institute. 
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. 
4. Any Society incorporated as aforesaid which shall in any one year fail to expend 
the proportion of revenue affixed in manner provided by Rule 3 aforesaid, shall from 
thenceforth cease to be incorporated with the Institute. 
5. All papers read before any Society for the time being incorporated with the Insti- 
tute, shall be deemed to be communications to the Institute, and may then be published 
as proceedings or transactions of the Institute, subject to the following regulations of 
the Board of the Institute regarding publications :— 
Regulations regarding Publications. 
{a.) The publications of the Institute shall consist of a current abstract of the 
proceedings of the Societies for the time being incorporated with the Institute, 
to be intituled, ‘‘ Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute,” and of transactions 
comprising papers read before the Incorporated Societies (subject, however, to 
selection as hereinafter mentioned), to be intituled, ‘‘ Transactions of the New 
Zealand Institute.” 
(b.) The Institute shall have power to reject any papers read before any of the 
Incorporated Societies. 
(c.) Papers so rejected will be returned to the Society before which they were read. 
(d.) A proportional contribution may be required from each Society towards the cost 
of publishing the proceedings and transactions of the Institute. 
(e.) Each Incorporated Society will be entitled to receive a proportional number of 
copies of the proceedings and transactions of the Institute, to be, from time to 
time, fixed by the Board of Governors. 
(f-) Extra copies will be issued to any of the Members of Incorporated Societies at 
the cost price of publication. 
6. All property accumulated by or with funds derived from Incorporated Societies 
and placed in the charge of the Institute shall be vested in the Institute, and be used 
and applied at the discretion of the Board of Governors for public advantage, in like 
manner with any other of the property of the Institute. 
7. Subject to “The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867,” and to the foregoing rules, 
all Societies incorporated with the Institute shall be entitled to retain or alter their own 
form of constitution and the bye-laws for their own management, and shall conduct 
their own affairs 
8. Upon application signed by the Chairman and countersigned by the Secretary of 
any Society, accompanied by the certificate required under Rule No. 1, a certificate of 
incorporation will be granted under the Seal of the Institute, and will remain in force as 
long as the foregoing rules of the Institute are complied with by the Society. 
Section II. 
For the Management of the Property of the Institute. 
9. All donations by Societies, Public Departments, or private individuals, to the 
Museum of the Institute, shall be acknowledged by a printed form of receipt, and shall 
