ABSTRACTS OF RULES AND STATUTES, 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE, 



Gazetted in the " New Zealand Gazette, " March 9, 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 contribution 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 afhxed in manner provided by Rule 3 

 aforesaid, shall from thenceforth cease to be incorporated with the Institute. 



5 . All papers read before any Society for the time being incorporated with 

 the Institute, shall be deemed to be communications to the Institute, and may 

 then be published as proceedings or transactions of the Institute, subject to the 

 following regulations of the Board of the Institute regarding publications : 



Regulations regarding Publications. 



(a) The publications of the Institute shall consist of a current abstract of 

 the proceedings of the Societies for the time being incorporated with the 

 Institute, to be intituled " Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute," 

 and of transactions comprising papers read before the Incorporated 

 Societies (subject, however, to selection as hereinafter mentioned), to be 

 intituled, " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute." 



(b) The Institute shall have power to reject any papers read before any of 

 the Incorporated Societies. 



(c) Papers so rejected will be returned to the Society before which they 

 were read. 



(d) A proportional contribution may be required from each Society 

 towards the cost of publishing the proceedings and transactions of the 

 Institute. 



