NEW ZEALAND “INSTITUTE 
ESTABLISHED UNDER AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NEW ZEALAND INTITULED 
“THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT, 1867.” 
BOARD oF GOVERNORS. 
(EX OFFICIO.) 
His Excellency the Governor. | The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. 
His Honour the Superintendent of Wellington. 
g (NOMINATED. ) 
Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S. (retired 1868), Hon. Col. Haultain 
(retired 1869), Jas. Edward FitzGerald, C.M.G., (retired 1871), Charles 
Knight, F.R.C.S., (retired 1872), Sir David Monro, W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., 
Alfred Ludlam, James Hector, M.D., F.R.S., Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, 
Hon. E. W. Stafford. 
(ELECTED. ) 
1872.—His Honour W. Rolleston, B.A., His Honour Mr. Justice Chap- 
man, Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S. 
1873. — W. Rolleston, B. A., Mr. Justice Chapman, Captain F. W. 
Hutton, F.G.S. 
ABSTRACTS OF RULES AND STATUTES. 
GAZETTED IN THE ‘‘NEw ZEALAND GazeTre,” Marcu 9, 1868. 
SECTION 1. 
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 
Board 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 
