AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.
Office-bearers for 1877:—President—R. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M.; Council—J. L. Campbell, M.D., J. C. Firth, His Honour Mr. Justice Gillies, J. Goodall, C.E., The Hon. Col. Haultain, T. Heale, G. M. Mitford, J. A. Pond, Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.E., J. Stewart, C.E., The Hon. F. Whitaker; Secretary and Treasurer—T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S.; Auditor—T. Macffarlane.
Office-bearers for 1878:—President—T. Heale; Council—R. C. Barstow, Rev. J. Bates, J. L. Campbell, M.D., J. C. Firth, His Honour Mr. Justice Gillies, The Hon. Col. Haultain, G. M. Mitford, J. A. Pond, The Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.E., J. Stewart, M.Inst.C.E., F. Whitaker; Auditor—T. Macffarlane; Secretary and Treasurer—T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S.
Extracts from the Rules of the Auckland Institute.
1. Any person desiring to become a member of the Institute, shall be proposed in writing by two members, and shall be ballotted for at the next meeting of the Council.
4. New members on election to pay one guinea entrance fee, in addition to the annual subscription of one guinea, 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, in lieu of future annual subscriptions.
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 for 1877:—President—Dr. von Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S.; Vice-presidents—Dr. Powell, Professor Bickerton, F.C.S.; Council—Rev. J. W. Stack, Rev. Charles Eraser, R. W. Fereday, Dr. J. S. Coward, G. W. Hall, Professor Cook; Hon. Treasurer—J. Inglis; Hon. Secretary—J. S. Guthrie.
Office-bearers for 1878:—President—Professor von Haast, F.R.S.; Vice-presidents—Rev. J. W. Stack, Professor Cook; Council—Professor Bickerton, Dr Powell, W. M. Maskell, R. W. Fereday, Dr. Coward, G. W. Hall; Hon. Treasurer—John Inglis; Hon. Secretary—J. S. Guthrie.
Extracts from the Rules of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
7. The Ordinary Meetings of the Institute shall be held every first week during the months from March to November inclusive.
25. Members of the Institute shall pay two guineas for the first year of membership, and one guinea annually thereafter, as a subscription to the funds of the Institute.
27. Members may compound for all annual subscriptions of the current and future years by paying ten guineas.
