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reward of special services rendered to the Institute, have been unanimously elected as 
such by the Committee or at the general half-yearly meeting. (2) Of members who pay 
£2 2s. each year. (3) Of members paying smaller sums—not less than 10s. 
5. The Institute shall hold a half-yearly meeting on the third Monday in the months 
of December and June. 
HAWKE BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 
OrricE-BEARERS FoR 1875.—President—His Honour J. D. Ormond; Vice- 
President —The Bishop of Waiapu; Council—W. Colenso, J. M. Gibbes, H. 
R. Holder, §. Locke, J. A. Smith, W. I. Spencer, F. W. C. Sturm; Hon. 
Secretary and Treaswrer—W. Colenso. 
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1876.—President—His Honour J. D. Ormond ; Vice- 
President—The Bishop of Waiapu ; Council—W. Colenso, J. M. Gibbes, H. 
R. Holder, 8. Locke, J. A. Smith, W. I. Spencer, F. W. C. Sturm ; Hon. 
Secretary and Treasurer—W. Colenso. 
Extracts from the Rules of the Hawke Bay Philosophical Institute. 
3. The annual subscription for each Member shall be one guinea, payable in advance 
on the first day of January in every year. - 
4. Members may at any time become Life Members by one payment of ten pounds 
ten shillings in lieu of future annual subseriptions. 
(4.) The session of the Hawke Bay Philosophical Institute shall be during the winter 
months, from May to October, both inclusive ; and general meetings shall be held on the 
second Monday in each of those six months, at 8 p.m. 
