AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.
Office-Bearers.—President—F. Whitaker; Council—A. Gr. Purchas, M.D., G. B. Owen, Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S., J. Peacock, J. M. Wayland; Honorary Secretary—T. B. Grillies; Honorary Treasurer—J. H. Crawford; Secretary—Thomas Kirk.
Extract from the Rules of the Auckland Institute.
3. Candidates may be admitted Members of the Society on being proposed in writing at a meeting of the Society by two Members who are personally acquainted with him, and who shall be responsible for payment of his entrance fee and first annual subscription.
4. New Members on election to pay one guinea entrance fee, in addition to the annual subscription of one guinea, for residents within ten miles of Auckland, and ten shillings and sixpence for residents beyond that distance; the annual subscriptions being payable in advance on the first day of April for the then current year.
5. Members may at any time become life Members by one payment of ten pounds ten shillings for residents, and five pounds five shillings for non-resident Members, in lieu of future annual subscriptions.
8. Honorary Members may be elected by the unanimous vote of the Society, in acknowledgment of their contributions to art, science, or literature in general, or to this Society in particular, such Members to have all the privileges of Members without payment of any fees.
9. Members of Societies incorporated with the New Zealand Institute, when in the Province of Auckland, shall be entitled to all the privileges of Members of this Society.
10. Annual general meeting of the Society on the third Monday of February in each year. Ordinary business meetings are called by the Council from time to time.
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY.
Office-Bearers.—President—Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S.; Vice-Presidents—J. S. Turnbull, M.D., E. Dobsou, C.E.; Council—Rev. James Wilson, Ed. Jollie, H. J. Tancred, C. Davie, T. Nottidge, Gr. Packe; Honorary Treasurer—J. W. S. Coward; Honorary Secretary—Rev. Charles Eraser, M.A., F.G.S.
Extract from the Rules of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
2. The Philosophical Institute of Canterbury is founded for the advancement of science, literature, and art, as well as the development of the resources of the Province.
7. The ordinary meetings of the Institute shall be held every first week during the months from March to November inclusive.
10. The President, Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, the Secretary, and three senior ordinary Members of Council, shall retire from office annually at the anniversary meeting.
22. Every candidate for membership shall be proposed and seconded by Members of the Institute.
24. Gentlemen not resident in the Province, who are distinguished for their attainments in science, literature, or art, may be proposed for election as honorary Members on the recommendation of an absolute majority of the Council. The election shall be conducted in the same manner as that of ordinary Members, but nine-tenths of the votes must be in favour of the candidate.
