Incorporated Societies. XV. 



Office-bearers for 1884 : — President — H. G. Setli Smith, R.M. ; Vice- 

 presidents— Bt. Rev. W. G. Cowie, D.D. ; E. A. Mackechnie ; Council— 

 G. Aickin, Professor F. D. Brown, B.Sc, J. L. Campbell, M.D., Hon. 

 Colonel Haultain, Neil Heath, J. Martin, F.G.S., J. Murray Moore, M.D., 

 T. Peacock, M.H.E., J. A. Pond, Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.E.C.S.E., S. 

 Percy Smith, F.R.G.S. ; Secretary and Treasurer — T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S. ; Auditor— T. Macffarlane. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Auckland Institute. 

 1. Any person desiring to become a member of the Institute, shall be proposed in 

 writing by two members, and shall be ballotted for at the next meeting of the Council. 



4. New members on election to pay one guinea entrance fee, in addition to the annual 

 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 1883 : — President — Professor F. W. Hutton ; Vice- 

 presidents — R. W. Fereday, E. Dobson; Treasurer — W. M. Maskell ; Secre- 

 tary — Geo. Gray ; Council — Professor J. von Haast, Dr. Symes, C. Chilton, 

 T. Crook, J. Inglis, T. S. Lambert. 



Office-bearers for 1884 : — President — R. W. Fereday ; Vice-presidents 

 Professor F. W. Hutton, J. Inglis ; Treasurer — W. M. Maskell ; Secretary 

 — C. Chilton ; Auditor — C. R. Blakiston ; Council — H. R. Webb, G. Gray, 

 G. Hogben, E. Dobson, T. Crook, Dr. Lendenfeld. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. 



21. The Ordinary Meetings of the Institute shall be held on the first Thursday of 

 each month during the months from March to November inclusive. 



35. Members of the Institute shall pay one guinea annually as a subscription to the 

 funds of the Institute. The subscription shall be due on the first of November in every 

 year. Any member whose subscription shall be twelve months in arrears, shall cease to 

 be a member of the Institute, but he may be restored by the Council if it sees fit. 



37. Members may compound for all annual subscriptions of the current and future 

 years by paying ten guineas. 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 

 Office-bearers for 1883 : — President — A. Montgomery ; Vice-presidents — 

 W. Arthur, C.E., Rev. Dr. Roseby ; Hon. Secretary — Professor Parker ; 

 Hon, Treasurer — D. Petrie, M.A. ; Auditor — D. Brent; Council — Dr. Hocken, 

 Professor Scott, G. M. Thomson, F. Chapman, R. Gillies, G. Joachim, 

 Professor Mainwaring Brown. 



