NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



ESTABLISHED UNDER AN ACT OP THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP NEW ZEALAND 

 INTITULED " THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT, 1867." 



Board of Governors. 



(ex officio.) 

 His Excellency the Governor | The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. 



(nominated.) 

 The Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S., W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., James 

 Hector, C.M.G., M.D., F.B.S., the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, B.A., 

 Thomas Mason, M.H.B., the Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, M.L.C. 



(elected.) 

 1883.— The Hon. William Bolleston, M.H.K., James McKerrow, Martin 



Chapman. 



1884.— The Hon. 'Win. Bolleston, M.H.B., James McKerrow, Dr. Buller, 



C.M.G., F.B.S. 



Manager : 

 James Hector. 



Honorary Treasurer : 

 The Ven. Archdeacon Stock. 



Secretary : 

 B. B. Gore. 



ABSTBACTS OF BULES AND STATUTES. 



Gazetted in the " New Zealand Gazette," 9th March, 1868. 



Section I. 



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. 



