XiV. tncorporated Societies, 



LIST OF INCOEPOEATED SOCIETIES. 



NAME OF SOCIETY. DATE OF INCOEPOBATION. 



Wellington Philosophical Society - - - lOtli June, 1868. 



Auckland Institute ------ lOtli June, 1868. 



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



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



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



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



Southland Institute - - - - - - 21st July, 1880. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Office -beakers for 1881: — President — James Hector, C.M.G., M.D,, 

 F.E.S. ; Vice-presidents— Dv. Buller, C.M.G., F.E.S., Hon. G-; Eandall 

 Johnson, M.L.C. ; Gouncil—SM. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., T. Kirk, F.L.S., A. 

 K. Newman, M.B., M.E.C.P., J. P. Maxwell, A.I.C.E., F. W. Frankland, 

 E. H Grovett, Martin Chapman; Auditor — 'W. M. Bannatyne; Secretary and 

 Treasurer — E. B. Gore. 



Office-bearers for 1882: — President — W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. ; Vice- 

 presidents — Hon. G. E. Johnson, Dr. Buller, C.M.G., F.E-S. ; Council — A. 

 K. Newman, M.B., M.E.C.P., J. P. Maxwell, A.I.C.E., E. Govett, M. 

 Chapman, James Hector, M.D., C.M.G., F.E.S., S. H. Cox, F.G.S.,F.G.S., 

 T. King ; Auditor — Oliver Wakefield ; Secretary and Treasurer — E. B. Gore. 



Extracts from the Rules of the Wellington 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. 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 

 Office-bearers for 1881 : — President — T. Peacock ; Council — G. Aicken, 

 Eev. J. Bates, J. L. Campbell, M.D., J. C. Firth, Hon. Colonel Haultain, 

 Neil Heath, F.G.S., E. A. Mackechnie, J. Martin, F.G.S., J. A. Pond, 

 Eev. A. G. Purchas, S. P. Smith ; Auditor — T. Macffarlane ; Secretary and 

 Treasurer — T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. 



