LIST OF INCOEPOEATED SOCIETIES. 



NAME OF SOCIETY. DATE OF INCORPORATION. 



Wellington Philosophical Society 

 Auckland Institute .... 

 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 

 Otago Institute .... 



Westland Institute .... 

 Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute 

 Southland Institute .... 

 Nelson Philosophical Society 



10th June, 1868. 



10th June, 1868. 



22nd October, 1868. 

 18th October, 1869. 

 21st December, 1874. 

 31st March, 1875. 

 21st July, 1880. 



20th December, 1883. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Office-bearers for 1883 : — President — The Hon. G. Eandall Johnson, 

 M.L.C. ; Vice-presidents— Dr. Buller, C.M.G., F.E.S., A. K. Newman, M.B., 

 M.E.O.P. ; Council— R. Govett, M. Chapman, James Hector, M.D., C.M.G., 

 F.E.S., S. H. Cox, F.G.S., F.C.S., T. King, W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., F. 

 B. Hutchinson, M.E.C.S.; Auditor — H. F. Logan ; Secretary and Treasurer 

 — E. B. Gore. 



Office-bearers for 1884 : — President — Dr. Buller, C.M.G., F.E.S. ; 

 Vice-jiresidents — A. K. Newman, M.B., M.R.C.P., E. Govett; Council — 

 James Hector, M.D., C.M.G., F.E.S., S. H. Cox, F.G.S., F.C.S., T. King, 

 W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., F. B. Hutchinson, M.E.C.S., G. W. Grabham, 

 M.D.Lond., Martin Chapman ; Auditor — H. F. Logan ; Secretary and 

 Treasurer — E. B. Gore. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Wellington Philosophical Society. 



5. Every member shall contribute annually to the funds of the Society the sum of 

 one guinea. 



6. The annual contribution shall be due on the first day of January in each year. 



7. The sum of ten pounds may be paid at any time as a composition for life of the 

 ordinary annual payment. 



14. The time and place of the General Meetings of members of the Society shall be 

 fixed by the Council and duly announced by the Secretary. 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 

 Office-bearers for 1883 : — President — Et. Eev. W. G. Cowie, D.D. ; 

 Vice-presidents — E. Mackechnie, T. Peacock, M.H.E. ; Council — G. Aickin, 

 J. L. Campbell, M.D., W. D. Campbell, F.G.S., Mr. Justice Gillies, Hon. 

 Colonel Haultain, Neil Heath, J. Martin, F.G.S., J. A. Pond, Eev. A. G. 

 Purchas, M.E.C.S.E., H. G. Seth Smith, S. Percy Smith, F.E.G.S. ; 

 Secretary and Treasurer — T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. ; Auditor — T. Macfiarlane. 



