LIST OF INCOBPOBATED SOCIETIES. 



NAME OF SOCIETY. DATE OF INCORPORATION. 



Wellington Philosophical Society - - 10th June, 1868. 



Auckland Institute ------ loth June, 1868. 



Philosophical Institute of Canteebuey - - 22nd October, 1868. 



Otago Institute ..--.. 18th October, 1869. 



Westland Institute 21st December,. 1874. 



Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute - - - 31st Marcb, 1875. 



Southland Institute 21st July, 1880. 



Nelson Philosophical Society - 20th December, 1883. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 

 Office -be aeees foe 1885. — President — A. K. Newman, M.B., M.E.C.P. ; 

 Vice-presidents — B. Govett, G. W. Grabham, M.D.Lond. ; Council — T. King, 

 W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., P. B. Hutchinson, M.B.C.S., Martin Chapman, 

 James Hector, M.D., Dr. Buller, C.M.G., F.B.S., Hon. G. B. Johnson, 

 M.L.C. ; Secretary and Treasurer — B. B. Gore ; Auditor — H. F. Logan. 



Extracts from the Hides 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 tbe General Meetings of members of the Society shall be 

 fixed by the Council and duly announced by the Secretary. 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 

 Office -beaeees foe 1885 : — President — J. A. Pond ; Vice-presidents — 

 H. G. Seth Smith, Bt. Bev. W. G. Cowie, D.D.; Council— 0. Aickin, 

 Professor F. D. Brown, B.Sc, Hon. Colonel Haultain, E. A. Mackecknie, 

 J. Martin, F.G.S., J. M. Moore, M.D., T. Peacock, M.H.B., Bev. A. G. 

 Purchas, M.B.C.S.E., S. P. Smith, F.B.G.S., T. Steel, Professor A. P. 

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

 F.Z.S.; Auditor— T. Macffarlane. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Auckland Institute. 



L 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. 



