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Two members to be appointed by each of the incorporated societies 
at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin during 
One member to be appointed by each of the other incorporated 
societies during the month of December in each alternate 
year; and the next year in which such an appointment shall 
be made is the year one thousand nine hundred and nine. 
4. (1.) Of the members appointed by the Governor in Council, the 
two members longest in office without reappointment shall retire annually 
on the appointment of their successors. 
(2.) Subject to the last preceding subsection, the appointed members 
of the Board shall hold office until the appointment of their successors. 
· The Board shall be а body corporate by the name of the “ New 
Zealand Institute,” and by that name shall have perpetual succession 
mmon seal, and may sue and be sued, and shall have power an 
authority to take, purchase, and hold lands for the purposes hereinafter 
ntioned. 
6. (1.) The Board shall have power to appoint a fit person, to be 
known as the “ President,” to superintend and carry out all necessary 
work in connection with the affairs of the Institute, and to provide him 
person to be editor of the Transactions of the Institute, and may appoint 
а committee to assist him in the work of editing the same. 
(8.) The Board shall have power from time to time to make regu- 
incorporated if such regulations are not complied with ; and such regu- 
lations on being published in the Gazette shall have the force of law. 
(4 e Board may receive any grants, bequests, or gifts of books 
or specimens of any kind whatsoever for the use of the Institute, and 
dispose of them as it thinks fit. 
The Board shall have control of the property from time to time 
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vested іп it or acquired by it; and shall mak 
(2.) Any person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall only hold 
office for such period as his predecessor would have held office under 
this Act. 
8. (1.) Annual meetings of the Board shall be held in the month of 
January in each year, the date and place of such annual meeting to be 
fixed at the previous annual meeting. 
(2.) The Board may meet during the year at such other times and 
places as it deems necessary. 
(3.) At each annual meeting the President shall present to the 
meeting a report of the work of the Institute for the year preceding, and 
a balance-sheet, duly audited, of all sums received and paid on behalf 
of the Institute. 
9. The Board may from time to time, as it sees fit, make arrange- 
ments for the holding of general meetings of members of the Institute, 
