Incorporated Societies. xv 
Extracts from the Rules of the Auckland Institute, 
4. New Members on election to pay one guinea entrance fee, in addition to the anhual 
subscription of one guinea; the annual subscriptions being payable in advance on the 
first day of April for the then current year. 
5. Members may at any time become Life Members by one payment of ten pounds 
ten shillings, in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 
10. Annual General Meeting of the Society on the third Monday of February in each 
year. Ordinary Business Meetings are called by the Council from time to time. 
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 
OFFICE-BEARERS for 1872: Patron—His. Honour the Superintendent ; 
President—His Honour Mr. Justice Gresson ; Vice-Presidents—W. B. Bray, 
C.E., R. W. Fereday ; Council—J. F, Armstrong, J. W. S. Coward, J. S. 
Turnbull, M.D., Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., G. W. Hall, Ven. Archdeacon 
Wilson; Honorary Treasurer—J. Inglis ; Honorary Secretary—Llewellyn 
Powell, M.D. 
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1873.—President—H. J. Tancred ; Vice-Presidents— 
—T. H. Potts, F. L.S., Robert Wilkin; Council—Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., 
G. W. Hall, Ven. Archdeacon Wilson, His Honour Mr. Justice Gresson, 
Dr. A. C. Barker, W. Montgomery ; Hon. Treasurer—J. Inglis; Hon. 
Secretary—C. M. Wakefield. 
Extracts from the Rules of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. 
7. The Ordinary Meetings of the Institute shall be held eyery first week during the 
months from March to November inclusive. 
25. Members of the Institute shall pay two guineas for the first year of membership, 
and one guinea annually thereafter, as a subscription to the funds of the Institute. 
27. Members may compound for all annual subscriptions of the current and future 
years by paying ten guineas. 
OTAGO INSTITUTE. 
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1872: President—His Honour Mr. J ustice Chap- 
man ; Vice-Presidents—Robert Gillies, T. M. Hocken, M.R.C.S.E. ; Council 
—W. N. Blair, C.E., E. B. Cargill, S. Hawthorne, M.A., J. McKerrow, 
G. 5. Sale, M.A., J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S., P. Thomson ; Honorary Trea- 
surer—J. S. Webb ; Honorary Secretary—D. Brent, M.A. 
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1873: President—His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman ; 
Vice-Presidents—Rev. Dr. Stuart, J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S. ; Council—Pro- 
fessor Black, M.A., D.Sc., Professor Shand, M.A., Dr. Deck, T. M. Hocken, 
M.R.C.S.E., R. Gillies, H. Skey, P. Thomson ; Hon. Treasurer—J. S. Webb $ 
Hon. Seeretary—D. Brent, M.A. 
