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, the Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, M.L.O. 



(elected.) 



1885.— Dr. Buller, C.M.G., F.B.S., James McKerrow, W. M. Maskell,F.M.S. 



Manager : James Hector. Honorary Treasurer : 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. 



3. The bye-laws of every Society to be incorporated as aforesaid shall provide for the 

 expenditure of not less than one-third of its annual revenue in or towards the formation or 

 support of some local public Museum or Library ; or otherwise shall provide for the contri- 

 bution of not less than one-sixth of its said revenue towards the extension and maintenance 

 of the Museum and Library of the New Zealand Institute. 



4. Any Society incorporated as aforesaid, which shall in any one year fail to expend 

 the proportion of revenue affixed in manner provided by Eule 3 aforesaid, shall from 

 thenceforth cease to be incorporated with the Institute. 



