PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY.
Office-bearers for 1876.—President—Ll. Powell, M.D.; Vice-Presidents—Dr. J. S. Coward and Professor A. W. Bickerton, F.C.S.; Council—Dr. Julius von Haast, Rev. J. W. Stack, Rev. Charles Fraser, G. W. Hall, H. J. Tancred, R. W. Fereday; Treasurer—J. Inglis; Hon. Secretary—J. S. Guthrie; Auditors—T. Palmer and C. R. Blackiston.
Office-bearers for 1877.—President—Dr. von Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S.; Vice-Presidents—Dr. Powell and Professor Bickerton, F.C.S.; Council—Dr. J. S. Coward, G. W. Hall, Professor Cook; Hon Treasurer—J. 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.
OTAGO INSTITUTE.
Office-bearers for 1876.—President—R. Gillies; Vice-Presidents—H. Skey, and J. S. Webb; Council—Professor Millen Coughtrey, W. N. Blair, C.E., A. J. Bathgate, J. T. McKerrow, P. Thomson, G. M. Thomson, J. T. Thomson; Hon. Secretary—Captain F W. Hutton, F.G.S.
Office-bearers for 1877.—President—The Right Rev. Bishop Nevill; Vice-Presidents—R. Gillies and W. N. Blair; Council—Dr. Millen Coughtrey, H. Skey, J. S. Webb, G. M. Thomson, P. Thomson, D. Petrie, Dr. Hocken; Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer—Professor Hutton; Auditor—A. D. Lubecki.
Extracts from the Constitution and Rules of the Otago Institute.
2. Any person desiring to join the Society may be elected by ballot, on being proposed in writing at any meeting of the Council or Society by two members, on payment of the annual subscription of one guinea for the year then current.
5. Members may at any time become life members by one payment of ten pounds and ten shillings, in lieu of future annual subscriptions.
8. An Annual General Meeting of the members of the Society shall be held in January in each year, at which meeting not less than ten members must be present, otherwise the meeting shall be adjourned by the members present from time to time, until the requisite number of members is present.
(5.) The session of the Otago Institute shall be during the winter months, from May to October, both inclusive.
