Incorporated Societies. 



LIST OF INCOEPOEATED SOCIETIES. 



NAME OF SOCIETY. DATE OF INCORPORATION. 



Wellington Philosophical Society - - - 10th June, 1868. 



Auckland Institute -..-.- 10th June, 1868. 



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



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



Westland Institute .-..-. 21st December, 1874. 



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



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 

 Office-bearers for 1879 : — President — A. K. Newman, M.B., M.E.C.P. ; 

 Vice-presidents — Dr. Hector, Martin Chapman ; Coimcil — W. L. Duller, 

 C.M.G., Sc.D., etc., C. E. Marten, F. W. Frankland, S. H. Cox, F.C.S., 

 F.G.S., Hon. G. Eandall Johnson, W. T. L. Travers, F.G.S., T. Kirk, 

 P.L.S. ; Auditor — Arthur Baker; Secretary and Treasurer — E. B. Gore. 



Office-bearers for 1880 : — President — Martin Chapman ; Vice-presi- 

 dents— J)i\ Hector, C.M.G., F.E.S., Dr. Duller, C.M.O., F.E.S. ;— Council— 

 F. W. Frankland, S. H. Cox, F.G.S., F.C.S., Hon. G. Eandall Johnson, 

 M.L.C., W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., A. K. Newman, M.B., M.E.C.P., J. P. 

 Maxwell, A.I.C.E. ; Auditor — Arthur Baker ; Secretary and Treasurer — E. 

 B. Gore. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Welli7igton 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 the General Meetings of members of the Society shall be 

 fixed by the Council and duly announced by the Secretary. 



