xvi incorporated Societies. 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 

 Office-beakees fok 1879 : — President — Professor Hutton ; Vice-presidents 

 — W. N. Blair, C.E., Professor Scott; Council^W. Arthur, C.E., Eobert 

 Gillies, F.L.S., Dr. HockeB, A. Montgomery, D. Petrie, J. C. Thomson, 

 Professor Ulrich ; Hooi. Secretary — Geo. M. Thomson; Hon. Treasurer — H. 

 Skey; Auditor — J. S. Webb. 



Office -BBAEERs for 1880 : — President — Dr. Hocken ; Vice-presidents — 

 Professor Ulrich, D. Petrie, M.A. ; Council— W. Artlmr, CE., W. N.Blair, 

 C.E., A. Montgomery, R. GilHes, F.L.S., W. Macdouald, LL.D., Bishop 

 Nevill, D.D., J. S.Webb; Hon. Secretary — Geo. M. Thomson; Hon. Treasurer 

 — H. Skey ; Auditor— D. Brent, M.A. 



Extracts from the Constitution and Rules of the Otago Institute. 



2. Any person desiring to join the Society may be elected by ballot, on being proposed 

 in writing at any meeting of the Council or Society by two members, on payment of the 

 annual subscription of one guinea for the year then current. 



5. Members may at any time become life-members by one payment of ten pounds and 

 ten shillings, in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 



8. An Annual General Meeting of the members of the Society shall be held in January 

 in each year, at which meeting not less than ten members must be present, otherwise the 

 meeting shall be adjourned by the members present from time to time, until the requisite 

 number of members is present. 



(5.) The session of the Otago Institute shall be dmring the winter months, from May 

 to October, both inclusive. 



WE STL AND INSTITUTE. 



Office-bearers for 1879 : — President — His Honour Judge Weston ; 

 Vice-president — E. C. Reid ; Committee — Dr. James, Dr. Giles, James Pear- 

 son, R. W. Wade, E. B. Dixon, John Nicholson, H. L. Robinson, D. 

 McDonald, W. D. Campbell, Robert Walker, A. H. King, T. 0. W. Croft ; 

 Hon. Treasurer — W. A. Spence ; Secretary — John Anderson. 



Office-bearers for 1880 : — President — His Honour Judge Weston ; 

 Vice-president — Dr. Giles, R.M. ; Committee — Dr. James, J. Pearson, J. 

 Nicholson, H. L. Robinson, R. W. Wade, D. McDonald, J. Anderson, T. 

 0. W. Croft, C. E. Tempest, P. A. Learmonth, J. H. Hankins, A. H. King ; 

 Hon. Treasurer — W. A. Spence ; Secretary — Richard Hilldrup. 



Extracts from the Eules of the Westland Institute. 



3. The Institute shall consist : — (1) Of life-members, i.e., persons who have at any 

 one time made a donation to the Institute of ten pounds ten shillings or upwards ; or 

 persons who, in reward of special services rendered to the Institute, have been unani- 

 mously elected as such by the Committee or at the general half-yearly meeting. (2) Of 

 members who pay two pounds two shillings each year. (3.) Of members paying smaller 

 sums, not less than ten shillings. 



5. The Institute shall hold a half-yearly meeting on the third Monday in the months 

 of December and June. 



