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LIST OF INCORPORATED SOCIETIES.
| NAME OF SOCIETY. | DATE OF INCORPORATION | |
| Wellington Philosophical Society | 10th June, | 1868. |
| Auckland Institute | 10th June, | 1868. |
| Philosophical Institute of Canterbury | 22nd October, | 1868. |
| Otago Institute | 18th October, | 1869. |
| Nelson Association for the Promotion of Science and Industry | 23rd Sept., | 1870. |
OFFICE BEARERS OF THE WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
1870.
President.
W. B. D. MANTELL, Esq., F.G.S.
Vice Presidents.
| J. C. CRAWFORD, Esq., F.G.S. | R. PHARAZYN, Esq., F.R.G.S. |
Council.
| W T. L. TRAVERS, Esq., F.L.S. | J. KEBBELL, Esq. |
| J. HECTOR, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. | W. LYON, Esq., F.G.S. |
| W. BULLER, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S. | |
Honorary Secretary, pro tem.
R. PHARAZYN, Esq.
1871.
President.
W. T. L. TRAVERS, Esq., F.G.S.
Vice Presidents.
| J. C. CRAWFORD, Esq., F.G.S. | W. BULLER, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S. |
Council.
| ROBERT HART, Esq., F.L.S. | J. KEBBELL, Esq. |
| J. HECTOR, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. | W. LYON, Esq., F.G.S. |
| W. SKEY, Esq. | |
Honorary Secretary and Treasurer.
F. M. OLLIVIER, Esq.
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.
17. General Meetings for business of Members of the Society shall be held in the evening of one day or more in each quarter (the time and place of meeting to be fixed by the Council, and duly announced by the Secretary), to receive the Secretary's Report, and to carry out the general objects and business of the Society.
