NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



ESTABLISHED UNDER AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NEW ZEALAND INTITULED 

 "THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT, 1867." 



Board of Governors, 



(ex officio.) 



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



His Honour the Superintendent of Wellington. 



(nominated.) 



Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S. (retired 1868), Hon. Col. Haultain 

 (retired 1869), Jas. Edward FitzGerald, C.M.G., (retired 1871), Charles 

 Knight, F.KC.S., (retired 1872), Sir David Monro, W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., 

 Alfred Ludlam, James Hector, M.D., E. E,. S., Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, 

 Hon. E. W. Stafford. 



(elected.) 



1872. — His Honour W. Eolleston, B.A., His Honour Mr. Justice Chap- 

 man, Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, E.G.S. 



1873. — W. Rolleston, B. A., Mr. Justice Chapman, Captain E. W. 

 Hutton, E.G.S. 



ABSTRACTS OF EULES AND STATUTES. 

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



Section 1. 

 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 



