NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



ESTABLISHED UNDER AN ACT OP THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NEW ZEALAND, 

 INTJTULED " THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT, 1867." 



boaed of governoks. 

 (ex officio.) 

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



(nominated.) 

 The Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S., The Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, 

 W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., James Hector, C.M.G., M.D., F.E.S., The Van. 

 Archdeacon Stock, B.A., Thomas Mason. 



(elected.) 

 1877.— James Coutts Crawford, F.G.S., Thomas Kirk, F.L.S., J. T. 

 Thomson, C.E., F.K.G.S. 



1878. — James Coutts Crawford, F.G.S., Thomas Kirk, F.L.S., The 

 Bishop of Nelson. 



Manager. 



James Hector, C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S. 



Teeasueeb. 



The Ven. Archdeacon Stock. 



Skcketart. 



E. B. Gore. 



ABSTEACTS OF EULES AND STATUTES. 



Gazetted in the " New Zealand Gazette," 9 Maech, 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 kno-nledge 

 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. 



