xvi. Incorporated Societies. 



Extracts from the Bules of the Westland Institute. 



3. The Institute shall consist : — (1) Of life-members, i.e., persons who have at any 

 one time made a donation to the Institute of ten pounds ten shillings or upwards ; or 

 persons who, in reward of special services rendered to the Institute, have been unanimously 

 elected as such by the Committee or at the general half-yearly meeting. (2) Of members 

 who pay two pounds two shillings each year. (3) Of members paying smaller sums, not 

 less than ten shillings. 



5. The Institute shall hold a half-yearly meeting on the third Monday in the months 

 of December and June. 



HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 

 Office-beakers for 1885 : — President — W. Colenso, F.L.S. ; Vice- 

 president — Thomas Tanner ; Council — W. J. Spencer, S. Locke, F. W. C. 

 Sturm, H. Hill, N. Heath, H. S. Tiffin ; Hon. Secretary — A. Hamilton ; 

 Hon. Treasurer — J. N. Bowerman ; Auditor — T. K. Newton ; Curator of 

 Museum — A. Hamilton. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute. 



3. The annual subscription for each member shall be one guinea, payable in advance, 

 on the first day of January in every year. 



4. Members may at any time become life-members by one payment of ten pounds ten 

 shillings in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 



(4.) The session of the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute shall be during the winter 

 months from May to October, both inclusive ; and general meetings shall be held on the 

 second Monday in each of those six months, at 8 p.m. 



SOUTHLAND INSTITUTE. 

 Office-bearers for 1885. — President — T. Denniston ; Vice-president — 

 Dr. Galbraith ; Council — G. Bailey, Dr. Closs, Dr. Wardale, W. Mchaffey ; 

 Secretary — W. S. Hamilton ; Treasurer — W. B. Robertson. 



NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 

 Office-bearers for 1884-5 : — President — The Bishop of Nelson ; Vice- 

 presidents — A. S. Atkinson, Dr. L. Boor ; Secretary — Dr. J. Hudson ; 

 Treasurer — J. Gully, jun. ; Council — J. Meeson, B.A., J. Park, J. G. 

 Holloway, J. Blackett, A. Greenfield. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Nelson Philosophical Society. 

 4. That members shall be elected by ballot. 



6. That the annual subscription shall be one guinea. 



7. That the sum of ten guineas may be paid in composition of the annual subscription. 

 16. That the meetings be held monthly. 



23. That papers read before the Society shall be immediately delivered to the Secretary, 



