﻿NEW 
  ZEALAND 
  INSTITUTE. 
  

  

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

   INTITULED 
  "THE 
  NEW 
  ZEALAND 
  INSTITUTE 
  ACT, 
  1867." 
  

  

  boabd 
  op 
  goveenoks. 
  

  

  (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 
  Yen. 
  

   Archdeacon 
  Stock, 
  B.A., 
  Thomas 
  Mason. 
  

  

  (elected.) 
  

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

   Bishop 
  of 
  Nelson. 
  

  

  1879.— 
  Thomas 
  Kirk, 
  F.L.S., 
  The 
  Hon. 
  Eobert 
  Stout, 
  M.H.E., 
  W. 
  L. 
  

  

  BuUer, 
  C.M.G., 
  Sc.D., 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  Managek. 
  

  

  James 
  Hector. 
  

  

  HONOEAET 
  TeEASUEEB. 
  

  

  The 
  Yen. 
  Archdeacon 
  Stock. 
  

   Seceetaet. 
  

   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 
  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. 
  

  

  